- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 8th, 2018
Fraunhofer SIT Researchers Spoofed Certificate Authorities
Most CAs with support for domain validation are vulnerable
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 27th, 2017
Let's Encrypt Hands Out 15,000 Fraudulent Security Certificates to Phishers
In the span of a year, Let's Encrypt managed to make people across the Internet feel safe on phishing sites
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 25th, 2016
Mozilla Brings Down the Ban Hammer on WoSign & StartCom Certificate Authorities
Mozilla bans all WoSign SSL certs issued after Oct 21, 2016
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 21st, 2016
Comodo Disables Faulty OCR That Sent Certificates to the Wrong Persons
Comodo disabled faulty component back in September
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 26th, 2016
Mozilla Ready to Ban WoSign Certificates for One Year After Shady Behavior
Mozilla may also ban StartCom certificates
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 28th, 2016
Flaw in StartSSL Validation Allowed Attackers to Get SSL Certs for Any Domain
Crooks could get SSL certificates for Google or Facebook
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 3rd, 2015
Let's Encrypt Enters Public Beta, Get Your Free Certs Right Now
Project nears its final goal, enters public availability
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 19th, 2012
GlobalSign Customers Protected Against Phishing Attacks with Netcraft Technology
SSL certificate users will be notified in real time in case their websites are compromised
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 3rd, 2012
Verisign Admits to Being Hacked Multiple Times in 2010
Another certificate authority admits suffering a data breach
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 19th, 2011
Comodo Certificate Authority Website Vulnerable to XSS Attacks
A serious data breach is now always enough to make them learn
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 15th, 2011
GlobalSign Certificate Authority Details ComodoHacker Security Incident
ComodoHacker is still being tracked by authorities
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 9th, 2011
Dutch Gemnet CA Website Shut Down After Attack
Bad luck seems to be following Dutch certificate authorities
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 15th, 2011
Malaysian Government Certificate Used to Sign Malware
The second incident in November that involves certificates and Malaysian organizations
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 5th, 2011
KPN Dutch CA Stops Issuing Certificates After DDoS Tool Discovery
Another certificate authority might join the recent victims
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 28th, 2011
Five CAs Hacked in the Past Four Months
Unfortunately, the DigiNotar incident wasn't a one time thing
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- August 17th, 2011
