Google Adds New Protections to G Suite
OAKLAND–Google is making a pair of changes to its hosted G Suite Gmail service for enterprises to enhance the security of the service. The most significant change is the addition of hosted S/MIME encryption. This will allow enterprise customers to get the benefits of secure email without having to deal with all of the challenges […]
Mirai, Google, and the Future of DDoS
OAKLAND–When the Mirai botnet burst onto the scene last year, it did so in style, with two of the largest DDoS attacks on record. One of the initial targets of its wrath was the site run by reporter Brian Krebs, and the attack set off a chain reaction that not only took the site offline […]
How WhatsApp Rolled Out Encryption While Still Killing Spam
OAKLAND–WhatsApp has enjoyed tremendous growth in the last couple of years, a trend that accelerated even further when the company announced it was implementing end-to-end encryption on its messaging service. But that rollout also raised a serious issue for the company: how to identify spammers without access to the contents of users’ messages. Like most messaging services, […]