- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 28th, 2018
Sennheiser App Installs Root Certificates, Exposes Computers to Spoofing Attacks
Microsoft removed user-mode trust for the certificates
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 26th, 2016
Retefe Banking Trojan Uses Root Certificate to Target Customers of UK Banks
Torjan also hijacks local proxy settings
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 4th, 2016
Server Snafu Makes Microsoft Beg for CA Audit Data from Its Partners
Server errors lose data about 147 root cert CA audits
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 17th, 2015
Microsoft Removes Some Root Certificates from the Trusted Root Certificate Program
Microsoft removes trust in some certificates
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 5th, 2015
Kazakhstan Will Require All Citizens to Install a Backdoor on Their Devices
The backdoor must be installed starting with January 1, 2016
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 25th, 2015
Second Dell Root Certificate Discovered
Second root + private key combo discovered on Dell laptops, two days after the world had found out about eDellRoot
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 24th, 2015
Dell Ships Laptops with Root Certificate, Big Security No-No UPDATE
Dell makes the same mistake Lenovo made earlier this year
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 23rd, 2015
Net Nanny Parental Control Software Vulnerable to HTTPS Spoofing
Installations use shared private key and root certificate
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 23rd, 2015
Comodo’s PrivDog Breaks HTTPS Security Possibly Worse than Superfish
Non-valid certs signed by self-generated root certificate
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 21st, 2015
Lenovo, Microsoft Move to Make Superfish Super Gone
Root certificate completely eliminated on Windows
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 20th, 2015
44,000 Superfish MitM Certificates Found in Mozilla Firefox
A separate certificate store does not eliminate the risk
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 20th, 2015
Some Antivirus Products Detect Superfish Browser Add-On
US CERT warns about the risk posed by the browser component