June 2021 Security Roundup
June’s Roundup covers the world’s largest password leak, an $11 million ransomware payment, an exposed New York State code repository, and cross-protocol attacks on HTTPS.
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Elizabeth Pagano
Preventing Ransomware Attacks with Digital Certificates
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and insurance companies don’t want to pay up anymore. Digital certificates can help keep networks secure.
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May 2021 Security Roundup
Longer code signing keys, “Zero Trust” executive order, security by Russian keyboard, the end of CAPTCHAS, and Chrome extension (in)security.
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April 2021 Security Roundup
RIP Dan Kaminsky, eSigner public beta, new IoXT mobile security standard, and a bad macOS vulnerability
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March 2021 Security Roundup
March 2021 security news: IETF deprecates TLS 1.0 and 1.1, Chrome 90 defaults to HTTPS, major security issues with Verkada and Netop Vision.
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February 2021 Security Roundup
Welcome to the February edition of the SSL.com Security Roundup! February might be our shortest month, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at all
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January 2021 Security Roundup
SSL.com’s January roundup includes new NSA DoH recommendations, Apple security improvements, no more Flash, and the Malwarebytes hack.
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November 2020 Security Roundup
September 2020’s Security Roundup includes ACME from SSL.com, an IoT cybersecurty bill, HTTPS-only mode in Firefox, and macOS privacy issues.
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October 2020 Security Roundup
New government call for encryption backdoors, Android 11 cert restrictions, Zoom e2e encryption, and an address bar spoofing vulnerability.
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September 2020 Security Roundup
Read about EV SSL guideline changes, Russia banning encryption protocols, Raccoon Attack, IoT vulnerabilities, and SSL.com’s new newsletter!
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August 2020 Security Roundup
August’s Security Roundup includes insecure IoT protocols, China blocking TLS 1.3/ESNI, a vulnerabililty in wolfSSL’s TLS library, and version 3 of PKCS#11.
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July 2020 Security Roundup
July’s Roundup covers MS Edge security, mixed content in Chrome 85, 398-day certs in Chrome and Firefox, and TLS 1.0 and 1.1 deprecation in MS Office.
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June 2020 Security Roundup
June’s security news from SSL.com: Senate proposes encryption backdoors, HTTPS for .gov, DoH with Firefox and Comcast, AddTrust External CA root expires.
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Healthcare Cyberattacks Are on the Rise – Digital Certificates Can Help
Cyberattacks on healthcare are increasing. Digital certificates are a good way to prevent phishing, validate identities, and secure web applications.
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May 2020 Security Roundup
May’s Roundup includes DoH in Chrome 83, phishing, attacks on healthcare, and our memberships in the Cloud Signature Consortium and CA Security Council.
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April 2020 Security Roundup
April’s roundup covers TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in Microsoft’s browsers, HTTPS-only mode and client certificates in Firefox, and Zoom alternative Jitsi.
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X.509 Certificates, PKI, and Online Voting in Elections
With an election looming in November, many are wondering how Americans will vote, given the current circumstances. X.509 certs may provide an answer.
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Stay Safe While Working at Home
Tips for keeping yourself and your sensitive information safe while working at home during the coronavirus/COVID 19 pandemic.
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Protect Yourself From Phishing
With so many people working from home, phishing is now a bigger problem than ever. Here’s how to spot phishing emails and websites and defend against them.
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January 2020 Security Roundup
January’s roundup covers a chosen-prefix SHA-1 collision, private keys in downloadable firmware, and a critical cryptographic vulnerability in Windows 10.
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What is the Value of Certificate Authorities?
All about what publicly trusted certificate authorities (CAs) do and how hard it is to be one.
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What is Public-Key Cryptography?
Public-key cryptography, also known as asymmetric cryptography, is a system that uses pairs of public and private keys for encryption and authentication.
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