Latest news
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HTML5 browser-based, certificateless encryption platform
01.06.2012
CertiVox launched the PrivateSky, a service that provides protection for messages, files and other information sent via the cloud through a two-factor authentication process and a certificateless encryption platform.
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Sandbox added to Flash Player running on Firefox
08.05.2012
As announced by Peleus Uhley, a senior security researcher within its Secure Software Engineering team, Adobe has outfitted the latest (beta) version of Adobe Flash Player with a sandbox.
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Mozilla testing default Google search encryption in Firefox
22.03.2012
Firefox users should soon have encryption turned on by default when searching for things online via the built-in Google search engine, Mozilla confirmed.
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Teen exploits three 0-days to hack Chrome, earns $60K from Google
12.03.2012
The end of this year's editions of the Pwn2Own and Pwnium contests has been marked by another Chrome hack, executed by a teenage security researcher that goes by the alias "PinkiePie", and the successful "pwnage" of Mozilla's Firefox browser by researchers Willem Pinckaers and Vincenzo Iozzo.
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New "HTTPS Everywhere" for Firefox and a beta for Chrome
29.02.2012
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched the 2.0 version of HTTPS Everywhere for the Firefox browser today, including an important new update that warns users about web security holes.
Spotlight

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers
Posted on 17 June 2013. | George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?
Posted on 14 June 2013. | Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.

Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud
Posted on 12 June 2013. | nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.

To hack back or not to hack back?
Posted on 12 June 2013. | If you think of cyberspace as a new resource for you and your organization, it makes sense to protect your part of it as best you can. But is it a good idea?

Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal
Posted on 11 June 2013. | Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.
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