Digital certificate warnings in web browsers are not an effective security measure, according to Carnegie Mellon researchers. The researchers, who plan to present their findings on 14 August at ...

A new study offers the first end-to-end evaluation of the Web's certificate revocation ecosystem, which includes website administrators that obtain and revoke certificates, certificate authorities ...

Think of the website certificate as a way to authenticate the owner of a website A warning does not necessarily mean something nefarious is in play, but you should still be cautious If you’re ...

Google will stop recognizing web security certificates issued by China 's CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center), it has been announced. This comes at a time when China is cracking down ...

Securing internet infrastructure remains a challenging endeavour Systems Approach I’ve been working on a chapter about ...

Web security certificate breach widens GlobalSign, the fifth largest digital certificate issuer, has suspended the issuing of authentication certificates for websites after the DigiNotar hacker ...

A certificate authority (CA) is a trusted entity that issues electronic certificates (duh) to verify identity on the Internet. They're a key part of secure communications online -- and thus super ...

Let's Encrypt issues one-billionth web security certificate In less than five years, Let's Encrypt has secured almost 200 million websites with free TLS certificates.

To view Security certificates in the Google Chrome browser, follow the aforementioned steps. For your information, you can view the certificate of any website using SSL.

Security certificates are used for a range of purposes. Among these include identity verification, file encryption, Web authentication, email security and software signature checking.

Once again, a mis-issued SSL Internet security certificate has allowed hackers to trick web users into revealing their personal information.

Hundreds of companies and other entities around the globe, some associated with national governments, occupy a place of power on the Internet that you likely don’t even know exists. Certificate ...