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The TLS 1.2 Deadline is Looming, Do You Have Your Act Together?:
In the pantheon of security configuration duties for organizations running internet assets, maintaining the latest TLS encryption protocols to keep the cryptographic apparatus at full strength is one of the most fundamental. TLS provides cover for the most sensitive personal and financial information that moves across the internet. As experts in measuring and monitoring third-party risk, RiskRecon and the data scientists from Cyentia Institute recently published a new report that leveraged unique scan data from millions of web servers around the world, via the RiskRecon platform, to see where the rollout of TLS 1.2[*] is going smoothly and where it is meeting resistance.
Together with its precursor SSL, TLS has long been in the crosshairs of both attackers and security researchers who understand that a weak or non-existent deployment of the protocol makes it trivial enough to carry out man-in-the-middle and other attacks against the vulnerable target.
[...] Sectors such as Education (47%), Energy (40%), and Public Administration (37%) have struggled to implement TLS 1.2 protocols. This revelation led us to ask another question – “Are these hosts collecting and transmitting important information using vulnerable protocols?” The RiskRecon portal also determines web host value by examining whether a website collects and transmits important PII or credential information. If we restrict our view to just these high-value hosts, we can zero in on where the lack of TLS 1.2 represents a substantial risk: 1 in 10 organizations transmit private information over flawed protocols.
While our study found that this fundamental protocol lacks attention from some IT Security teams, it does not need any further introduction to those who would look to exploit any vulnerability in web communications. The clock is ticking to properly secure your lines of internet communications, standard bodies and web browsers have put out their warnings, and there is no time like to present to get up to speed.
[*] The latest version of TLS (Transport Layer Security) is 1.3; see RFC 8446.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Acabatag on Thursday July 16 2020, @10:13PM (2 children)
The important thing is that only endpoints should have access to anything about your online behavior. And that Big Data should rule over the endpoints. So only use the Chrome browser, and only navigate to Google approved sites.
(Score: 4, Informative) by mth on Friday July 17 2020, @12:16AM (1 child)
Let's Encrypt makes it easier than ever to run TLS on a small site using certbot. You can rent a VPS for less than $5 a month. Running a small independent site is not the issue. The problem with web centralization is real, but it's a problem of users not valuing their privacy and independence enough when they decide which sites and services they use.
(Score: 2) by ilsa on Friday July 17 2020, @07:59PM
While true, this is separate from the whole TLS thing, and I can sympathize with the GP. This never ending treadmill of incremental improvements is _exhausting_ to keep up with, and it feels like it's getting worse instead of better.