There's never much you could really trust in computer security, but you could usually put your faith in a Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) connection being secure. The combination of the Web ...

During the 25th annual Chaos Communication Congress held in Berlin, cryptographers from the U.S., Netherlands and Switzerland demonstrated a way to impersonate the digital credentials of RapidSSL, a ...

In a fresh blow to the fundamental integrity of the internet, a hacker last week obtained legitimate web certificates that would have allowed him to impersonate some of the top sites on the internet, ...

If your business operates a Web server, a certificate enables you to use secure communications -- such as SSL/TLS, or Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security -- on your site. If you don't have a ...

Security has become an increasing concern for businesses as technology and daily life intersect. A press release from 2011 in which Sony Entertainment announced it had been hacked, highlighted the ...

The number of deployed Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates has increased, with new measures by browsers to promote “secure” websites. Speaking at the DigiCert Security Summit in San Diego, ...

Websites are now more secure with a new SSL Certificate automation process, implemented by UAB IT’s Infrastructure and Security team. “Certificate authorities are currently limiting these lifespans to ...

A move to drastically reduce the lifespan of SSL certificates, pushed primarily by Apple and Google, likely won’t make the internet safer — but will force IT to accept more automation. Some have ...

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