Google to Disable Weak SSLv3 and RC4 Protocols to Boost Internet Security

It is finally time to say GoodBye to the old and insecure Web security protocols.
Citing the long history of weaknesses in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 cryptographic protocol and the RC4 Cipher Suite, Google plans to disable support for both SSLv3 as well as RC4 stream cipher in its front-end servers.
While announcing on its official blog, the Search Engine giant said the

OpenSSL to Patch Undisclosed High Severity Vulnerability this Thursday

Attention Please! System Administrator and anyone relying on OpenSSL should be prepared to switch to a new version of the open-source crypto library that will be released this Thursday 9th July.



OpenSSL is a widely used open-source software library that provides encrypted Internet connections using SSL/TLS for majority of websites, as well as other secure services.



The new versions of

Venom Vulnerability Exposes Most Data Centers to Cyber Attacks

Just after a new security vulnerability surfaced Wednesday, many tech outlets started comparing it with HeartBleed, the serious security glitch uncovered last year that rendered communications with many well-known web services insecure, potentially exposing Millions of plain-text passwords.



But don’t panic. Though the recent vulnerability has a more terrific name than HeartBleed, it is not

GnuPG Email Encryption Project Relies on 'Werner Koch', and He is Running Out of Funds

Werner Koch, the man who authored the free email encryption software, is running out of funding to continue the development of his crucial open-source GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) encryption tools.The code works on plenty of operating systems from Linux and FreeBSD to Windows and OS X.



The popular Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) email encryption software is the same used by the former United