Time and again, we hear of incidents involving identity theft, stealing of account passwords, installation of malware from web sources, and even ransomware. All of these security breaches have a ...

IT professionals are expected to know everything technical, which creates a very high bar, and mistakes can be costly. Increasingly, corporate IT is asked to be more involved with website security ...

Using SSL encryption with Web-based e-mail services offers enhanced security over snooping, especially when connected over public Wi-Fi networks (think McDonald's, Starbucks, or the public library).

If you’re using HTTPS, that means you’re relying on encryption to transmit data between your server and a web client. That encryption is specified by a protocol called SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or ...

Editorial Note: Forbes Advisor may earn a commission on sales made from partner links on this page, but that doesn't affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. This year has seen cybercriminals’ ...

Congress is losing sleep over the possibility other nations could endanger web security, and now it wants the four major browser makers to weigh in. The House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy ...

When you connect to a normal, unprotected website, information is sent in easily read, plain text format. This information typically bounces between numerous servers before it reaches its destination, ...

With the evolution of the internet, the solutions for better protection of websites increase -- and so does the creativity of cybercriminals. For several years now, organizations like Google have been ...

Google researchers have found a severe flaw in an obsolete but still used encryption software, which could be exploited to steal sensitive data—and the fix could break the Web for users of older web ...

Content delivery network and Web security company Cloudflare has made a name for itself by fending off denial-of-service attacks against its customers large and small. Today, it’s launching a new ...