Application security, Data Security, Encryption

Google enables Gmail encryption for everyone

January 14, 2010

Google announced on Tuesday that it will enable the setting “always use https,” which encrypts email as it travels between a user's web browser and Google servers, by default for all Gmail users. Using "https" helps prevent data from being snooped, especially in public W-Fi hotspots, but could make email functions slower since encrypted data travels slower than unmasked data, Sam Schillace, Gmail engineering director, wrote in a blog post Tuesday. Previously, Google left the option of whether to enable the setting up to the user. — AM

Angela Moscaritolo

Application security

Vulnerable API, bot attack losses on the rise

SC StaffSeptember 19, 2024

Automated API exploitation, which comprised 30% of all API attacks, was two to three times higher among organizations with revenues exceeding $1 billion, with the elevated likelihood of abuse attributed to the presence of more exposed or insecure APIs within their ecosystems.