Security News

Using Symantec's TLS/SSL Certs? Start Replacing Them. Now.
2017-09-12 13:33

Google Will Slowly Start Pulling the Rug From Under Symantec's Digital CertificatesA major operation to cleanse websites of digital certificates created under questionable circumstances is...

TrickBot Using Legitimate Looking Sites With SSL Certificates (Security Week)
2017-08-16 02:23

The TrickBot banking Trojan has been using legitimate SSL certificates alongside websites that closely resemble those of actual banks in recently observed attacks, security researchers warn. read more

Malicious content delivered over SSL/TLS has more than doubled in six months (Help Net Security)
2017-08-03 16:17

Threats using SSL encryption are on the rise. An average of 60 percent of the transactions in the Zscaler cloud have been delivered over SSL/TLS. Researchers also found that the Zscaler cloud saw...

Manage SSL/TLS certificates across IT environments with Qualys CertView (Help Net Security)
2017-07-25 12:30

Qualys announced CertView, a new app framework in the Qualys Cloud Platform that enables customers to discover, assess and manage SSL/TLS certificates on a global scale, helping them prevent...

Google to Fully Distrust WoSign/StartCom SSL Certs in Chrome 61 (Threatpost)
2017-07-10 18:28

Google has put websites signed with WoSign/StartCom SSL certificates on notice that it will no longer trust certs from the Chinese CA starting in Chrome 61.

Google Chrome Bans Chinese SSL Certificate Authorities WoSign and StartCom (The Hackers News)
2017-07-08 02:44

As a punishment announced last October, Google will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificate authorities WoSign and its subsidiary StartCom with the launch of Chrome 61 for not maintaining the "high...

Symantec API Flaws reportedly let attackers steal Private SSL Keys and Certificates (The Hackers News)
2017-03-28 09:54

A security researcher has disclosed critical issues in the processes and third-party API used by Symantec certificate resellers to deliver and manage Symantec SSL certificates. The flaw,...