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GlobalSign gives itself clean bill of health after Iranian hacker’s braggadocio

12

Sep

2011

Following the widely-publicised disgrace of Dutch digital certificate issuer DigiNotar, a person calling himself ComodoHacker claimed that he’d breached four other Certificate Authorities (CAs), too. Only one of these CAs was named: GlobalSign, the world’s fifth-biggest issuer of digital certificates. In my opinion, GlobalSign would have been justified in ignoring this claim altogether. It comes […]

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instantshift.com (Alexa ~5000) was briefly compromised

31

Aug

2011

The site Instantshift.com was compromised on August 28, 2011. It was then quickly fixed. InstantShift is a leading design resources community for Web designers and developers. It is worth noting that the compromise of a Web site like instantshift.com may lead to mass compromises, as many other Web site owners may potentially get compromised by accessing […]

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Next Firefox Will Block Add-ons by Default

12

Aug

2011

Starting with Firefox 8, Mozilla will automatically block browser add-ons installed by other software until users approve them, a company product manager announced yesterday.Software-bundled add-ons have been a problem for Firefox users, who have sometimes been surprised to find browser extensions show up on their machines without their consent.An add-on included with Skype, for example, […]

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