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By Mark Stanislav

Another Certificate Authority (CA) Blunder; No Hack Required

The Certificate Authority (CA) system that currently handles how we publicly interact 'securely' with web sites, mail servers, and other services around the world can't catch a break. In the latest black-eye, an Entrust bulletin speaks about how a... Read more

November 4, 2011 Browsers, Compliance, Cryptography, Industry, Policy
By Mark Stanislav

Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS (BEAST)—Another Blow to Browser Security

Aside from crisis situations involving now-defunct Certificates Authorities, other SSL news has been making waves in the security community the past week. The Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS (BEAST) demonstrated by Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong this... Read more

September 27, 2011 Browsers, Cryptography