Comodo flags its certificate service as suspicious

By
Follow google news

Bug fixed, reputation red flags clear.

In brief: Comodo’s online certificate status protocol (OCSP) service was flagged as suspicious this week by both McAfee and the company’s own site inspector checks.

Comodo flags its certificate service as suspicious

The site was reported as distributing malware this week, preventing some users who had activated mandatory OCSP checks from accessing sites.

The gaffe has since been cleared.

The OCSP service allowed users to verify individual revoked SSL certificates. 

SANS Institute Johannes Ullrich said its Internet Storms blog was affected.

Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here.

Copyright © SC Magazine, Australia

Tags:

Most Read Articles

Services Australia may get powers to rein in data breach exposure

Services Australia may get powers to rein in data breach exposure

ServiceNow nears deal to buy cyber security startup

ServiceNow nears deal to buy cyber security startup

Apple, Google send new round of cyber threat notifications to users

Apple, Google send new round of cyber threat notifications to users

ASX outage caused by security software upgrade

ASX outage caused by security software upgrade

Log In

  |  Forgot your password?