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Free Certificate Reissuance From VeriSign

2008-05-17 07:20:37 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...VeriSign is offering free reissuance of certificates . Patching the flawed software is not enough: certificates containing public keys generated by the buggy versions of OpenSSL have to be revoked and replaced with new copies generated by fixed versions of the software. For customers of trusted certificate authorities this also means having...
 
Tags: verisign, software error, software, rapidssl ssl, openssl implementation, recent severe bug, openssl, ssl, buggy versions
 
 
 
 
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Spear-phishing attacks have hooked 15,000, says Verisign

2008-06-06 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Two groups of criminals have stolen data from an estimated 15,000 victims over the past 15 months, using targeted "spear-phishing" e-mail attacks, according to researchers at Verisign
 
Tags: e-mail attacks, verisign, victims, researchers, data, criminals, past, months
 
 
 
 
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Spear-phishing attacks have hooked 15,000, says Verisign

2008-06-06 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Verisign estimates that spear-phishing attacks have taken in 15,000 victims over the past 15 months
 
Tags: attacks, verisign, victims, past, months
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Hits Back at Atsiv

2007-08-02 22:17:32 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...VeriSign) has revoked the code-signing certificate used in Atsiv. Such certificates from VeriSign cost at least $431/year, and that's if you commit to several years Microsoft is thinking of adding it to their own revocation list. This confuses me; why would it be good enough for VeriSign's revocation list, but Microsoft is only looking into...
 
Tags: atsiv, microsoft, detect atsiv, detect, revocation list, revocation, verisign cost, driver loadboot time, verisign
 
 
 
 
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Using EV Certificates OverStock.com Sees Less Shopping Cart Abandonment

2008-02-14 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Source: Verisign) Overstock.com deployed the VeriSign Secured Seal and VeriSign Extended Validation SSL Certificates to further enhance customers' confidence when transacting on its Web site. As a result of the enhancement, site visitors with browsers that support the new certificate now abandon their shopping cart 8.6% less than other site...
 
Tags: site visitors, verisign, overstock, web site, enhance customers, validation ssl, cart, support, seal
 
 
 
 
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138 Million Domains

2007-08-29 21:28:19 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
VeriSign's August Domain Name Industry Brief , as always, shows big growth in domain registrations to a worldwide total of more than 138 million. ccTLDs, such as .uk and .de, were responsible for a large chunk of the growth this time, almost 6 million domains. .com and .net, the VeriSign domains, grew more than that, but not a lot more. .cn...
 
Tags: domains, million domains, net domains, million, domain registrations, domain, growth, huge growth, verisign domains
 
 
 
 
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More on Driver Certificate Revocation

2007-08-03 07:54:37 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...VeriSign could be done more frequently: The VeriSign revocation list may impact a variety of operations. For example, verification checks that request online CRL validation will fail, which is more common for user mode operations. This can also extend to functions such as online time stamping combined with signing of new code. The frequency...
 
Tags: revocation, checks, atsiv revocation, verification checks, verisign revocation list, operations, user mode operations, verisign, boot-time checks
 
 
 
 
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Who's Selling Front-Running Data?

2008-01-18 11:15:55 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...VeriSign, but I don't believe for a second that they're involved. First, I just can't see them selling such data to these two-bit criminals. Second, when you do a whois request on .COM, it doesn't even usually make it to the registry. It's usually satisfied at some server further up the road. My own command line whois searches...
 
Tags: data, whois, command line whois, provide data, internet service providers, hard evidence, service, network solutions, evidence
 
 
 
 
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The Latest Advancements in SSL Technology

2008-02-14 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Source: Verisign) Protect your site with SSL from VeriSign to ensure your company and customers are secure. Learn how to get the strongest SSL encryption and increase customer confidence with Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates, which trigger the green address bar in high security browsers, allowing your customers to feel safe online
 
Tags: ssl, ssl encryption, increase customer confidence, security browsers, safe online, address bar, verisign, customers, source