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URL Shorteners: Convenient But a Potential Security Risk
2016-04-16 05:04:40| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
If URLs are too short, they're easily guessable using brute-force techniques, which can expose users' data and identities.
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URL Shorteners: Convenient But a Potential Security Risk
2016-04-16 03:04:47| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
If URLs are too short, they're easily guessable using brute-force techniques, which can expose users' data and identities.
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Tumblr iOS Update Lets You Make Video Posts With a URL
2015-04-15 22:02:12| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
All you have to do is copy a URL from YouTube, Vimeo, or another site, paste it into the app, and voila.
Google moves to kill off the URL entirely in new version of Chrome
2014-05-01 15:16:29| Extremetech
Google, after removing the age-old, comfortable-like-an-old-pair-of-socks http:// from the beginning of URLs in Chrome's address bar, is now trialing an even more drastic move: Killing off the URL entirely. In a new version of Chrome, the full URL vanishes from the address bar, instead replaced by an always-present "Search Google" box. This is obviously a play to drive more search traffic -- but, as much as it pains me to say it, it's probably a very good way of helping most users avoid phishing attacks.
Don't overlook URL fetching agents when fixing Heartbleed flaw on servers, researchers say
2014-04-11 17:44:51| InfoWorld: Top News
Website operators should assess their whole Web infrastructure when patching the critical Heartbleed flaw in OpenSSL, otherwise they risk leaving important components open to remote attacks, despite fixing the problem on their publicly facing servers.
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