Google becomes its own Root Certificate Authority

In an effort to expand its certificate authority capabilities and build the "foundation of a more secure web," Google has finally launched its root certificate authority.

In past few years, we have seen Google taking many steps to show its strong support for sites using HTTPS, like:

Giving more preference to HTTPS websites in its search rankings than others.


Warning users that all HTTP

Linux TCP Flaw allows Hackers to Hijack Internet Traffic and Inject Malware Remotely

If you are using the Internet, there are the possibilities that you are open to attack.

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) implementation in all Linux systems deployed since 2012 (version 3.6 and above of the Linux kernel) poses a serious threat to Internet users, whether or not they use Linux directly.

This issue is troubling because Linux is used widely across the Internet, from web

4 Flaws hit HTTP/2 Protocol that could allow Hackers to Disrupt Servers

If you think that the HTTP/2 protocol is more secure than the standard HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), then you might be wrong, as it took researchers just four months to discover four flaws in the HTTP/2 protocol.

HTTP/2 was launched properly just in May last year after Google bundled its SPDY project into HTTP/2 in February in an effort to speed up the loading of web pages as well as