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Microsoft: Stolen SSL certs can't be used to install malware via Windows Update

Posted September 5, 2011 - 5:36 pm

Microsoft said that a digital certificate stolen from a Dutch company could not be used to force-feed customers malware through its Windows Update service.
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Hackers steal SSL certificates for CIA, MI6, Mossad

Posted September 4, 2011 - 5:50 pm

The tally of digital certificates stolen from a Dutch company in July has exploded to more than 500, including ones for intelligence services like the CIA, the U.K.'s MI6 and Israel's Mossad, a Mozilla developer said Sunday.
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With SSL, who can you really trust?

Posted August 18, 2011 - 4:27 pm

SSL, the encryption scheme that protects virtually all secure online transactions, requires that users rely on trusted third parties, but what if they can't be trusted?
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Get your money for nothing, get your certs for free

Posted June 14, 2011 - 10:42 am

A new SSL certificate authority squeezes so much overhead out of supplying certs that it plans to give them away starting next month and to continue at least through the end of the year.
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The rising use of SSL raises new risks

Posted May 11, 2011 - 9:24 am

As more applications employ Secure Sockets Layer encryption, a certain amount of traffic visibility is lost, making it more challenging to vet those bits for viruses, worms, and other malicious payloads.
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Error sends Facebook traffic through China

Posted March 23, 2011 - 1:20 pm

Due to what might have been a routing glitch yesterday, friends posting to your Facebook wall might have written on the Great Wall instead.
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Low-cost SSL proxy could bring cheaper, faster security; defeat threats like Firesheep

Posted January 25, 2011 - 10:26 pm

Researchers have found a cheaper, faster way to process SSL/TLS with off-the-shelf hardware, a development that could let more Web sites shut down cyber threats posed by the likes of the Firesheep hijacking tool.
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How To Set Up MySQL Database Replication With SSL Encryption On Ubuntu 9.10

Posted February 8, 2010 - 9:33 pm

This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL using an SSL connection for encryption (to make it impossible for hackers to sniff out passwords and data transferred between the master and slave).
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How To Set Up An SSL Vhost Under Apache2 On Ubuntu 9.10/Debian Lenny

Posted January 21, 2010 - 9:31 am

This article explains how you can set up an SSL vhost under Apache2 on Ubuntu 9.10 and Debian Lenny so that you can access the vhost over HTTPS (port 443).
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Microsoft adds SSL to AJAX CDN

Posted November 30, 2009 - 3:39 pm

Free security technology speeds up external-facing Web sites and offers edge caching support for AJAX libraries, including jQuery and ASP.Net AJAX
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SSL flaw could have been used to hack Twitter

Posted November 17, 2009 - 11:38 am

A flaw in the protocol used to secure communications over the Internet could have been used to hack Twitter accounts, according to an IBM security researcher.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer SSL security hole lingers

Posted September 17, 2009 - 3:58 pm

A Microsoft Internet Explorer weakness in its SSL implementation leaves an opening for attackers to steal information being sent via SSL. Apple's Safari for Windows browser has same problem but Safari for Mac, Firefox and Opera have fixed the trouble.
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SSL is a Security Blind spot

Posted April 3, 2009 - 8:00 pm

According to study from Netcraft, the number of websites using SSL encryption has risen by nearly 40% in the last year, and now totals well over two million. In addition to the obvious applications ...
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