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Sale of Corp.com Can Expose Corporate Data

Depending on who winds up buying corp.com, administrators with Active Directory in their networks may wind up with sensitive information unexpectedly leaving the network. Now is the time to check the configuration to make sure they are not using the domain internally.

DNS Security, Active Directory Domain Services, Internet

Senate Bill Would Create Data Protection Agency

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has introduced a new bill that would establish a federal Data Protection Agency with privacy oversight.

Privacy

Extensive Fraud Network Found Using Malicious Chrome Extensions

A long-running ad fraud campaign that was using more than 500 malicious Google Chrome extensions has been identified and halted by researchers.

Google, Adware

Browsers Will Block Sites Using Old Versions of TLS

Starting in March 2020, all the major web browsers—Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge—will display warnings when users visit websites that only support Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.0 or 1.1. Users will be unable to visit those sites.

TLS, Browser Security, SSL Security

Decipher Podcast: Riana Pfefferkorn

Riana Pfefferkorn of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University joins Dennis Fisher to discuss encryption, privacy, and the draft of the EARN IT Act.

Privacy, Podcast