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Firefox 6.0.2 fixes yet more DigiNotar certificate fallout

Sep

2011

Firefox 6.0.2 has just come out, adding more protection to that provided by Firefox 6.0.1, which was necessitated by the mess caused by disgraced Dutch web security company DigiNotar. (DigiNotar is the former Certificate Authority – or so-called “authority” – which managed to issue more than 500 bogus digital certificates in the name of major […]

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Google blacklists 247 certificates. Is it related to DigiNotar hacking incident?

Aug

2011

After yesterday’s news concerning the fake certificate found in Iran that allowed an attacker to impersonate Google.com, Vasco, the parent company of certificate authority DigiNotar, released a statement explaining what happened. As is usually the case with security incidents, the statement was light on details, but claims the certificate authority was hacked and certificates for […]

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Falsely issued Google SSL certificate in the wild for more than 5 weeks

Aug

2011

Update: Mozilla have announced out of an abundance of caution that they are releasing new versions of Firefox, Firefox Mobile and Thunderbird to revoke the trust of DigiNotar’s root certificate for signing certificates. I presume this is because DigiNotar has not explained how the Google certificate was signed and to prevent further abuse. This could […]

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Firefox 6.0.2 fixes yet more DigiNotar certificate fallout

Google blacklists 247 certificates. Is it related to DigiNotar hacking incident?

Falsely issued Google SSL certificate in the wild for more than 5 weeks

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