Effect of withdrawal of confidence in the two CA – WoSign and StartCom – are unusual. RiskIQ, security vendor, has estimated that about 760,000 sites using SSL / TLS certificates issued by StartCom or WoSign. “I am sure that the…
Following a similar decision taken by Mozilla and Apple, Google decided to abandon the new digital certificates issued by the two certification authorities – WoSign and StartCom. The reason is that these CAs are breaking the rules and industry best…
Mozilla plans to implement a new version of the TLS specification in Mozilla browser. TLS 1.3 will go along with Firefox 52, which is scheduled for release in March 2017. Mozilla representative said recently that the company decided to include…
Company’s existing online, decided to reduce their dependence on individual CAs using backup automation. A huge number of sites have become unavailable after the cross-certificate was revoked in error during routine maintenance of GlobalSign for the purpose of cleaning some…
GlobalSign’s success as a root certificate authority this week was staggered. Certification Center was unable to maintain the usual protocols. The result was that many sites, both large and small, are faced with SSL-certificates’ problems. Some users are faced with…
Apple has exacerbated the deplorable situation of the WoSign, announcing that soon will withdraw confidence to its free intermediate SSL-certificates for MacOS. Apple’s decision was made public a few days after Mozilla has accused this Chinese CA in the issuing…
Scientists from the Japanese Tohoku University have created a new method of encrypting information transmitted in smart home systems, and machine to machine. Now the possibility of such encryption is limited – as soon as the power supply unit is…
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