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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Go Daddy, News
Go Daddy Kills the Elephant in the Room
There is a brouhaha in the news this week, and I’m not talking about the Comodo breach. I’m talking about the reaction to Bob Parson’s elephant snuff video. Parson’s defends his decision to go elephant hunting in Zimbabwe for the[...]
Events, Fraud, News, Resellers, SSL Certificates
Is it Security or Entertainment?: The Iranian Hacker Manifesto
Last week the news broke about a supposed Iran state-sponsored hack on Comodo that managed to get fraudulent SSL certificates issued for Google, Hotmail, Yahoo, Firefox and Skype — certificates that could have been used to “secure” fake versions of[...]
Browsers, Events, Fraud, News, SSL Certificates, Security
Is it Sci Fi or is it current events? You decide.
If you like a juicy, suspenseful story that connects SSL certificates to international espionage you could read the Hugo Award winning sci fi novel Rainbow’s End… …or you could simply follow this week’s news frenzy over a spectacular security breach[...]
News
Hey Developers, Update Your Google API Code
Google APIs are about to be more secure. Yesterday Google announced that they would be requiring SSL for all API request connections to Google Documents List, Google Spreadsheets and Google Sites after September 15. They also announced that the SSL[...]
News, SSL Certificates, Security, Vulnerabilities
Deny Hackers Access to your Twitter Account
Twitter has a new security setting, always-on HTTPS (aka SSL), aimed at denying hackers the ability to potentially break into your Twitter account. Always-on HTTPS blocks programs, such as Firesheep, that sneak in through unsecured WiFi connections. . Twitter follows[...]
Events, Uncategorized
Oh Happy Day!
All geeks rejoice! Today is that wonderful day where we get to celebrate two geek favorites. Today is 3/14 or 3.14 in the US way of writing dates and it is officially the day of the year where we celebrate[...]
Events, Fraud, News, Phishing, SSL Certificates
Make Sure Your Charitable Donation Isn’t Stolen
Our sympathy goes out to those folks suffering as a result of this morning’s massive earthquake off the coast of Japan. It is a testimony to positive human nature that people from around the world rally at these times to[...]
News, SSL Certificates, Security
Charlie Sheen Needs SSL
It’s been an awesome week for SSL in the news. The week opened with N.Y. Senator Charles Schumer at a coffee shop tasking major web sites, including calling out Amazon and Twitter by name, to switch away from open HTTP[...]