Websites and companies that rely on OpenSSL should patch their systems as soon as possible. The developer of Open SSL, a widely used open-source encryption library, released Tuesday a patch to fix two ...

Lava lamps aren't just psychedelic decor. One major internet company uses them to help generate the randomness behind secure ...

Secure Sockets Layer is a network communication protocol that provides security for data at the transmission level. SSL encrypts data connections so that attackers cannot break into secure network ...

A joint U.S. and Canadian organization that certifies encryption tools for use by federal government agencies has suspended its validation of OpenSSL cryptographic technology for the second time in ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. According to our report on the discovery of a significant ...

The OpenSSL Foundation released an advisory today that urges those that use the online encryption protocol OpenSSL to update their client due to a critical flaw that was recently discovered. According ...

Google is developing its own version of OpenSSL that will be more appropriate for its own software products, which have been using the critical encryption component for years with customized patches.