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Web Host Go Daddy Surpasses 500,000 SSL Certificates

June 6, 2011 — Web hosting provider Go Daddy announced on Monday that it now protects more than 500,000 websites with its SSL certificates.

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Netcraft Finds Vetting Process and Cost Prevent EV SSL Certificate Adoption

April 18, 2011 – Extended Validation SSL certificates account for only 2.3 percent of all valid third party certificates, according to a report released Monday by Netcraft. Netcraft’s April 2011 survey found a total of 38,966 valid EV certificates.

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Several Firms Float New Ideas Around SSL Certificate Security

April 4, 2011 — According to several reports published Monday, a few companies involved in Internet security are floating some new ideas around SSL security in the wake of the breach of several Comodo resellers that led to the issuing of certificates for several firms just over a week ago.

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Webhosting UK Offers GlobalSign SSL Certificates and Malware Monitoring

March 31, 2011 – GlobalSign announced on Thursday that web hosting provider Webhosting UK has joined its partner program to offer its customers GlobalSign’s range of SSL certificates including malware monitoring services.

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Comodo Suspends Two More Compromised Resellers as it Patches Security

March 30, 2011 — As reported this morning by Paul Mutton at Netcraft, (who is keeping a close eye on the story), Comodo has confirmed that it has suspended registration authority privileges from two more resellers who were compromised in last week’s well-publicized attack. Comodo says no further certificates have been issued by the compromised RAs.

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Lone Iranian Hacker Claims Responsibility for SSL Breach

March 28, 2011 — According to several reports published Monday, a lone Iranian hacker has claimed responsibility for the Last week’s SSL certificate hack that targeted several major online communications tools, including Hotmail, Skype, Gmail and others. The hacker reportedly backed up the claim in a post on the document-sharing site Pastebin.

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Web Hosting Provider Network Solutions Offers Domain Validated SSL Certificates

March 23, 2011 – Web hosting provider Network Solutions announced on Monday that it has added Xpress SSL certificates, domain validated SSL certificates with 256-bit encryption.

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GlobalSign Releases Free PDF Digital Signature Tool

February 2, 2011 — SSL provider GlobalSign has released a free PDF signing tool that allows digital certificate users to test the technology to secure PDF documents. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the tool was developed to provide enterprises and individual users the ability to add digital signatures with little upfront investment.

Black Hat Conference Presenters Poke Holes in SSL

July 30, 2010 — A variety of news stories issuing from the Black Hat security conference this week in Las Vegas describe presentations in which researchers highlight holes in web browser security, including widespread problems with the implementation of SSL certificates.

VeriSign Collaborates with Industry Leaders to Bring Trust to the Cloud

April 22, 2010 — In an effort to foster new levels of trust in online services, Internet infrastructure services provider VeriSign is collaborating with other industry leaders to develop online identity best practices and market solutions for enterprise cloud services and applications.