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Online code-breaking test could get you a job at GCHQ

02

Dec

2011

Forget the Aston Martin DB5 and Walther PPK; today’s spy needs to handle C++, cryptography and armies of zombie botnets. Does this sound as appealing? If so, you are in luck because GCHQ (The UK’s Government Communications Headquaters) is looking for new operatives. What is standing between you and your future missions? Breaking this code! […]

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Transitive trust and SSL certificate verification

13

Sep

2011

On April 11, 2011, the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat UnitSM (CTU) posted a blog entry titled ‘Certificate Authorities for SSL/TLS: Crypto’s weak link‘[1], which discussed some of the strains of the current Certificate Authority (CA) system for validating web site identity. The backdrop to this blog entry was the breach of Comodo [2] and their resulting […]

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DigiNotar Certificate Hack: What Happened and How

12

Sep

2011

The big news in the security industry in the past couple of weeks has been a hack of DigiNotar, a Dutch certificate authority. We reported on this in late August, and Apple issued a security update last week to fix the problem on Macs.The New York Times has a detailed look at what happened and […]

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