Chrome OS Team Experimenting with a Certificate Section in the Page Info Pop-Up

Chrome OS Team Experimenting with a Certificate Section in the Page Info Pop-Up

Can be enabled with the chrome://flags/#show-cert-link flag

Flaws in Free SSL Tool Allowed Attackers to Get SSL Certificates for Any Domain

Flaws in Free SSL Tool Allowed Attackers to Get SSL Certificates for Any Domain

StartSSL faces another issue that lets attackers obtains SSL certificates for domains they don't own

Flaw in StartSSL Validation Allowed Attackers to Get SSL Certs for Any Domain

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
  • January 26th, 2016
Amazon to Provide Free SSL/TLS Certificates to Its AWS Customers

Amazon to Provide Free SSL/TLS Certificates to Its AWS Customers

Currently available only to AWS clients in Eastern US

Free Let's Encrypt Certificates Abused in Malvertising Campaigns

Free Let's Encrypt Certificates Abused in Malvertising Campaigns

Free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates make their way into the hands of malvertising campaign operators

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 9th, 2015
Microsoft Takes Countermeasures After Xbox Live SSL Certificate Blunder

Microsoft Takes Countermeasures After Xbox Live SSL Certificate Blunder

Private key for Xbox Live domain leaks online

Three Symantec Employees Fired for Issuing Fake Google SSL Certificates

Three Symantec Employees Fired for Issuing Fake Google SSL Certificates

Symantec employees mistakenly leak test SSL certificates

Popular Apps in Google Play Fail Certificate Validation, Expose User Credentials

Popular Apps in Google Play Fail Certificate Validation, Expose User Credentials

Sensitive user data can be intercepted via trivial MitM

SSL Certificate Parsing Bug Crashes iOS Devices Connected to Bad Wi-Fi

SSL Certificate Parsing Bug Crashes iOS Devices Connected to Bad Wi-Fi

Apps relying on SSL communication can also be crashed

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • April 10th, 2015
Manjaro Devs Fix Embarrassing Expired SSL Certificate Problem

Manjaro Devs Fix Embarrassing Expired SSL Certificate Problem

The Manjaro forums and wikis should be available again

Manjaro Linux Wiki and Forum Aren't Accessible, Developers Instruct Users to Change Their System Clocks

Manjaro Linux Wiki and Forum Aren't Accessible, Developers Instruct Users to Change Their System Clocks

Do not use the workaround posted on the Manjaro website

Microsoft Missed Warning from Admin Who Got Certificate for Windows Live Domain

Microsoft Missed Warning from Admin Who Got Certificate for Windows Live Domain

Finnish man gets locked out of email, phone and Xbox account

Windows Live SSL Certificate Issued to Unauthorized Third Party

Windows Live SSL Certificate Issued to Unauthorized Third Party

Microsoft updates the Certificate Trust List on all Windows

Fake Google SSL Certificate Used by Gogo In-Flight WiFi Service on Its Customers

Fake Google SSL Certificate Used by Gogo In-Flight WiFi Service on Its Customers

Customers' privacy at risk of man-in-the-middle attack

CloudFlare SSL Certificate Used for Phishing Scam

CloudFlare SSL Certificate Used for Phishing Scam

SSL usage for criminal purposes is expected to increase

Facebook Launches Tor Link, Wraps It In Encryption by Issuing SSL Certificate

Facebook Launches Tor Link, Wraps It In Encryption by Issuing SSL Certificate

Facebook issued a SSL certificate for Tor implementation

Google and Mozilla to Reject SSL Certificates Issued for Longer than 60 Months

Google and Mozilla to Reject SSL Certificates Issued for Longer than 60 Months

The two browser makers are contemplating new policies for Chrome and Firefox

 
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