Code signing will not be a "turn off/on" settings in upcoming Firefox versions. It is under testing, so it still allowed users to disable it because it did not get to "test & sign" all existing addons
As explained in the article. This is a PR move. WhatsApp already sent traffic via encrypted channels, but newly-launched apps advertised themselves as "super-mega-encrypted" and WhatsApp is losing face because it's not.
They're just showing an indicator to let you know they're "cool" also.
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Code signing will not be a "turn off/on" settings in upcoming Firefox versions. It is under testing, so it still allowed users to disable it because it did not get to "test & sign" all existing addons
Verizon's team said it was a custom-built CMS
I think the article mentions that details will be provided at RSA this week
I thought doxes were forbidden here
there are 3 tweets at the end of the article the third includes links to the 9 certs symantec issued after the deadline
By the way Google got forced out of China, that company is 101% in cahoots with the government.
cuba is quite close the florida and they probably heard a distress call
He took it off GitHub
It worked last night. Probably the webmasters got wind of the fact he was pwned via the national press :)))
How is a RCE a worm? Does the author of this article know what wormable means?
This is one of the most vague summaries I ever read here... #wtf
As explained in the article. This is a PR move. WhatsApp already sent traffic via encrypted channels, but newly-launched apps advertised themselves as "super-mega-encrypted" and WhatsApp is losing face because it's not. They're just showing an indicator to let you know they're "cool" also.