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When Certificate Authority Business Models and Vendor Certificate Policies Clash

10

Feb

2012

A very important “internet trust” discussion is underway that has been hidden behind closed doors for years and in part, still is. While the Comodo , Diginotar, and Verisign Certificate Authority breaches forced discussion and action into the open, this time, this “dissolution of trust” discussion trigger seems to have been volunteered by Trustwave’s policy […]

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Google and EFF propose improvements to HTTPS as GlobalSign releases CA breach report

15

Dec

2011

Certificate authority GlobalSign, who was implicated as having suffered a security breach by the infamous “ComodoHacker”, have released their final report on the incident. **APPLAUSE** Not only is the report thorough and convincing, but it appears that GlobalSign took every action, exactly as they should have, both during and after the incident. The report’s conclusion? […]

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ZeroAccess Rootkit Launched by Signed Installers

22

Nov

2011

Digital certificates and certificate authorities have been much in the news recently. Attacks–such as those used by Stuxnet, Duqu, and other malware–involving stolen certificates show an increasingly worrisome new security trend. Certificate authorities have been targeted several times in the recent past with some success. There is a large chunk of known malware signed by […]

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