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Trustwave sold root certificate for surveillance

...Certificate authority Trustwave has admitted selling a digital certificate for a customer to... Read more

9 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

GlobalSign confirms external server hack

...The bogus site will appear to be real to search engines.The certificate authority GlobalSign has a number of large organisations as customers, including the... Read more

15 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

GlobalSign finds no sign of fake certificates after hack

...However, it will issue no new certificates until Tuesday at the earliest. Certificate authority GlobalSign has found no sign that its certificates have been compromised... Read more

12 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner
How to choose a <endeca_term>certificate authority</endeca_term> for safer web security

How to choose a certificate authority for safer web security

...use a variety of means big and small to try and penetrate certificate authority systems. It's crucial that the CA you choose has an... Read more

21 December, 2011
A High <endeca_term>Certificate Authority</endeca_term> Scheme for Authentication in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

A High Certificate Authority Scheme for Authentication in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

...layers., in this paper, the authors propose to develop an enhanced distributed certificate authority scheme to provide data integrity, thus making the network more secure... Read more

1 July, 2010
How to choose a <endeca_term>Certificate Authority</endeca_term> for safer web security

How to choose a Certificate Authority for safer web security

This VeriSign white paper looks at the role of CAs in web security, including what measures a CA can take to promote trust in its certificates and the criteria to consider when choosing the best CA for the job... Read more

9 December, 2011
Marlinspike: Certificates have 'real problems'

Marlinspike: Certificates have 'real problems'

...may have had their Google communications intercepted after a compromise of Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar. DigiNotar declared itself bankrupt after the hack resulted in the... Read more

16 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

KPN stops issuing certificates after breach

Dutch certificate authority KPN has ceased issuing secure sockets layer certificates after detecting a... Read more

6 November, 2011

Hack attack forces DigiNotar bankruptcy

Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar has been forced into bankruptcy after a hack attack destroyed... Read more

20 September, 2011

Google urges Iranians to change passwords

...of our users," he wrote. The warning follows a hack on Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar.For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Google... Read more

12 September, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft revokes further DigiNotar certificates

...Tuesday updates, Microsoft has revoked certificates issued on behalf of DigiNotar, the certificate authority that was recently hacked Read more

14 September, 2011 by Elinor Mills

GlobalSign breach was down to unpatched system

...days last September after hacktivist the 'Comodohacker' claimed to have breached the certificate authority's systems. The company tore down and rebuilt its systems after... Read more

25 April, 2012
McAfee: Why Duqu is a big deal

McAfee: Why Duqu is a big deal

...a rogue-created certificate. That may mean people had access to another certificate authority (CA), but it's hard to tell at this point. The... Read more

26 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Dutch government sets DigiNotar certificate kill date

...both of its certificates that had been issued by the hacked DigiNotar certificate authority. The government said on Friday that there was no evidence the... Read more

26 September, 2011

GlobalSign stops SSL certificates after hack claim

...Japanese-owned certificate authority GlobalSign has temporarily stopped issuing certificates, after the hacker thought to... Read more

7 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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