Tag: certificates
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Diginotar declared bankrupt
Browsers and operating systems had already revoked trust in Dutch CA. Dutch certificate authority Diginotar was declared bankrupt by a Dutch court this morning. Diginotar made the news earlier this month when a large number of rogue certificates signed by the CA were discovered . The certificates were generated by a hacker, possibly acting on…
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Rogue SSL certificates issued for popular websites
Certificates revoked, but browsers still need to be updated. Comodo , a major vendor of SSL certificates, has admitted to one of its affiliates’ servers being hacked, leading to nine rogue SSL certificates for popular domains to be issued. SSL (secure socket layer) allows for traffic over the Internet that can not be intercepted by…