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Malware Authors Making a Payday Off Encryption
Reported by infosecurity-magazine.com
“The tug of war between personal privacy and corporate security is leaving the door open for novel malware attacks involving SSL over corporate networks that put everyone’s data at risk,” said Hugh Thompson, chief security strategist for Blue Coat, in a statement. “For businesses to secure customer data and meet regulatory and compliance requirements they need the visibility to see the threats hiding in encrypted traffic and the granular control to make sure employee privacy is also maintained.”
