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Cyberoam fixes flaw threatening Tor users

By Cale Guthrie Weissman | July 11th, 2012 | No Comments

Tor users should be relieved to learn that the flaw found in Cyberoam’s deep packet inspection device has been fixed.  The Tor Project publicized the flaw when they reported a user in Jordan “seeing a fake certificate for torproject.org.”  In order to scan users’ connections, Cyberoam would direct the user’s browser to recognize Cyberoam’s trusted […]

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Google begins warning users about state-sponsored intrusion

By Cale Guthrie Weissman | June 8th, 2012 | 4 Comments

Google has announced, via their security blog, that they will now alert Gmail users if the company believes that a state-sanctioned cyber attack is being directed against them.  Google explains that they believe it is their duty “to be proactive in notifying users about attacks or potential attacks so that they can take action to […]

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