Back in March, a trusted Root Certification Authority (CA), Comodo, accidentally issued nine fraudulent digital certificates for some very popular domains. Unfortunately, the past has repeated itself, this time with a CA called DigiNotar. If you've followed security news over the last few weeks, you've likely heard that a Dutch CA called DigiNotar has mistakenly issued over … [Read more...]
Accidentally Issued Fraudulent Certificates Could Help Phishers
Today, Microsoft released a Security Advisory warning that Comodo -- one of their Windows Trusted Root Certification Authority partners -- had accidentally issued nine fraudulent digital certificates for some very popular domains. When you visit sites, digital certificates help ensure that the site you visit really is the one you think it is. Phishers often try to spoof … [Read more...]