Russian hackers modify Chrome and Firefox to track secure web traffic
The perpetrators may have Russian government support.
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Google faces scrutiny from Congress, DOJ over plans to encrypt DNS
Officials are concerned it might give Google an unfair advantage.
Government shutdown has left several US agency websites inaccessible
Dozens of TLS certificates have expired with no one around to renew them.
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New York settles with Equifax and others over lax mobile app security
Five firms have agreed to institute security programs to protect user info.
Microsoft browsers will disable 20-year-old security protocol
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer will disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 by default.
New web security standard promises safer, faster browsing
A lot has changed in the four years it was in development.
Android is getting a feature that encrypts website name requests
Support for DNS over TLS will encrypt DNS requests and prevent hackers from spying on a site's traffic.
Netflix explains how and why it's switching to HTTPS streaming
Adding encryption increases privacy for viewers -- and for Netflix.
