SSL Certificates

Mozilla's Firefox browser now encrypts Google searches

Mozilla's Firefox browser now encrypts Google searches By

The latest version of Mozilla's popular Firefox browser has expanded its security features.

Microsoft calls on users to fix Flame security bug

Microsoft calls on users to fix Flame security bug By

Microsoft warned its users that the same vulnerability used to foist the Flame virus could be employed by seemingly less skillful attackers to compromise computers and plunder information.

Spy virus Flame got help from doctored Microsoft certificates

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Illegitimately signed Microsoft certificates were used to help spread the nefarious Flame malware, another sign detailing just how sophisticated the espionage toolkit is.

Security breaches impacting VeriSign emerge in filing

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The company responsible for ensuring that users reach the website they intend to reach admitted in an SEC filing that its network was breached numerous times in 2010.

Podcast: Fixing the SSL certificate chain

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In this podcast, Access' Gustaf Bjorksten discusses why the SSL system has failed and what is necessary to improve its existing design and implementation. He helped author a call-to-action paper, and believes the future trust and privacy of the internet relies on finding a solution.

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