digital certificates

Symantec slams Google's TLS cert penalty measures

Symantec slams Google's TLS cert penalty measures

Tech giants in public spat.
Juha Saarinen Mar 28 2017 7:30AM Security
Google to punish Symantec for issuing bogus certs

Google to punish Symantec for issuing bogus certs

Will distrust all Symantec certificates gradually, forcing reissue.
Juha Saarinen Mar 24 2017 12:20PM Security
Expired certificate locks US DHS staff out of systems

Expired certificate locks US DHS staff out of systems

DHS domain controllers said no to logins.
Staff Writers Feb 23 2017 9:30AM Security
Google sets up own root certificate authority

Google sets up own root certificate authority

Continues push towards secure HTTPS-based web.
Juha Saarinen Jan 29 2017 9:05PM Security
Symantec in another bogus digital certs blunder

Symantec in another bogus digital certs blunder

"Test" certificates revoked.
Juha Saarinen Jan 23 2017 9:00AM Security
Thousands of bogus certs issued after GoDaddy bug blunder

Thousands of bogus certs issued after GoDaddy bug blunder

Flaw unnoticed since July last year.
Juha Saarinen Jan 12 2017 9:52AM Security
Dell owns up to eDellroot fake cert security gaffe

Dell owns up to eDellroot fake cert security gaffe

Posts removal instructions and pushes out software update.
Juha Saarinen Nov 25 2015 7:00AM Security
Comodo issued SSL certs with banned internal names

Comodo issued SSL certs with banned internal names

Credentials could be used in man-in-the-middle attacks.
Juha Saarinen Nov 11 2015 11:28AM Security
Symantec fires staffers after release of bogus Google certs

Symantec fires staffers after release of bogus Google certs

Testing certificates leaked.
Juha Saarinen Sep 21 2015 6:33AM Security
Flame signed with Microsoft certs

Flame signed with Microsoft certs

Redmond kills cert store, issues patch.
Darren Pauli Jun 4 2012 3:20PM Security
SANS builds digital certificate checker

SANS builds digital certificate checker

Free tool will monitor changes to web brower certificate lists.
Darren Pauli Mar 1 2012 5:12AM Security
Verisign hacked, data stolen

Verisign hacked, data stolen

Security pros detected hacks in 2010, warned execs the following year.
Darren Pauli Feb 3 2012 1:12AM Security
Web certificate authority closes after hack

Web certificate authority closes after hack

Issues "maintenance" disclosure notice.
SC Australia Staff Jun 21 2011 12:24PM Security

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