digital certificates

Fraudulent purchases of digitals certificates through executive impersonationFraudulent purchases of digitals certificates through executive impersonation

Fraudulent purchases of digitals certificates through executive impersonation

Experts at ReversingLabs spotted a threat actor buying digital certificates by impersonating legitimate entities and then selling them on the…

6 years ago
Research confirms rampant sale of SSL/TLS certificates on darkwebResearch confirms rampant sale of SSL/TLS certificates on darkweb

Research confirms rampant sale of SSL/TLS certificates on darkweb

A study conducted by academics discovered that SSL and TLS certificates and associated services can be easily acquired from dark…

6 years ago
The controversial certificate authority StartCom will go out of business on January 1, 2018The controversial certificate authority StartCom will go out of business on January 1, 2018

The controversial certificate authority StartCom will go out of business on January 1, 2018

The Startcom CA board chairman Xiaosheng Tan, announced that the controversial certificate authority will end its activity on January 1, 2018.…

8 years ago
Google will ban WoSign and StartCom certificates from Chrome 61Google will ban WoSign and StartCom certificates from Chrome 61

Google will ban WoSign and StartCom certificates from Chrome 61

Google is going to completely ban digital certificates issued by the Chinese CA WoSign, and its subsidiary StartCom starting with…

8 years ago
SHAttered attack, Google and CWI conducted the first SHA-1 collision attackSHAttered attack, Google and CWI conducted the first SHA-1 collision attack

SHAttered attack, Google and CWI conducted the first SHA-1 collision attack

Experts at Google and CWI conducted the first real world collision attack against popular SHA-1 hashing algorithm, so called shattered-attack.…

8 years ago
Kaspersky fixing a serious problem with inspection digital certificatesKaspersky fixing a serious problem with inspection digital certificates

Kaspersky fixing a serious problem with inspection digital certificates

Google hacker Tavis Ormandy discovered a serious flaw that affects the Kaspersky antivirus software and the way it manages inspection…

8 years ago
Mozilla plans to ban the Chinese CA WoSign due to trust violationsMozilla plans to ban the Chinese CA WoSign due to trust violations

Mozilla plans to ban the Chinese CA WoSign due to trust violations

Mozilla is at the point of banning Chinese certificate authority WoSign due to a number of severe violations that could…

9 years ago
BitTorrent client Transmission found distributing Mac malware once againBitTorrent client Transmission found distributing Mac malware once again

BitTorrent client Transmission found distributing Mac malware once again

It has happened again, Mac users who were looking for the BitTorrent client Transmission might have been infected by the…

9 years ago
Shad0wS3C claimed responsibility for the EJBCA data breachShad0wS3C claimed responsibility for the EJBCA data breach

Shad0wS3C claimed responsibility for the EJBCA data breach

Shad0w Security (Shad0wS3C) claimed responsibility for the data breach of the EJBCA that resulted in the exposure of credentials and…

9 years ago
Why surveillance firm Blue Coat was granted a powerful encryption certificate?Why surveillance firm Blue Coat was granted a powerful encryption certificate?

Why surveillance firm Blue Coat was granted a powerful encryption certificate?

Experts discovered that the Controversial Surveillance firm Blue Coat was granted a powerful encryption certificate that can be used for…

9 years ago