All posts by Cora Quigley

Cora is a digital copywriter for SSLs.com. Having eight years of experience in online content creation, she is a versatile writer with an interest in a wide variety of topics, ranging from technology to marketing.

Defining brute force attacks and how they work

Whether you’re a website owner or web user, it always pays to be vigilant online, particularly when it comes to authentication and logins. Hackers have many ways of compromising online accounts and systems, and if you don’t practice good password hygiene, you’ll likely be a victim sooner or later. One of these methods, which we’ll be talking about today, is brute force attacks. 

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Amazon Web Services has shut down accounts linked to Pegasus spyware

Following investigations by Amnesty International and The Pegasus Project in mid-July, Amazon Web Services has banned all accounts and infrastructure linked to NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance vendor. These investigations laid bare some damning revelations and human rights implications concerning NSO’s Pegasus software, a type of surveillance spyware that has been sold to governments around the world. 

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SSL for everyone – try for free

No more guessing if you’ve picked the right SSL type or vendor. With our newly launched Free Trials, you can try an SSL certificate for 30 days — no credit card required. 
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Google Chrome to launch an HTTPS-First Mode

HTTPS, the protocol that SSL enables on websites, is key to ensuring a more private web ecosystem where data is protected. When HTTPS is enabled, it ensures that the connection between a user’s browser and a website’s server is encrypted, preventing any third party from stealing any information shared over the connection. HTTPS is the reason why SSLs.com does what it does and also why there has been a massive campaign from major web browsers to ensure websites are secured by SSL.

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What is streaming and how does it work?

Back in the bad old days of the Internet, online media consumption was not as convenient as it was today. Website pages tended to be simple and static, while Internet connections were slow. They were not designed to stream media.

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What is Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)?

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a protocol that allows remote access from one computing device to another over a network connection. A proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft, RDP is available on most versions of Windows.

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What is swatting and how to prevent it?

Swatting is the act of sending emergency services to a specific location under a false claim. A type of criminal harassment technique, swatting is commonly associated with the gaming community, but many other high-profile incidents have also occurred.

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