We’ve had a lot of enquiries recently about DigiNotar, Globalsign, and the death of the Certificate Authority. (Not to mention the death of the firewall and the death of AV, but I don’t think I can bear another of those right now… ) Having responded to several of those between us, Róbert Lipovský…
Squad: SSL certs and Sophos antivirus weaknesses
The SearchSecurity team talks about the latest certificate authority breach putting digital certificates at risk and Sophos’ response to weaknesses found in its antivirus software. <img alt="Squad: SSL certs and Sophos antivirus weaknesses, Blog, AntiVirus, Sophos, certs, Squad, weaknesses"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/><img alt="Squad: SSL certs and Sophos antivirus…
Iranian hacker claims responsibility for rogue Google certs
A hacker claimed responsibility for the rogue security certificates from Dutch security firm DigiNotar, which were believed used to spy on Iranian users. The hacker, who uses the handle “ComodoHacker,” also claimed to have access to at least four other high-profile certificate authorities, including US-based GlobalSign. “You know, I have…