Without these TLS certificates, it's trivial to steal your login and password over Wi-Fi. The only way to have reliable security is for every website to use encrypted connections. One reason that hadn ...

This is going to harm small sites/operations, not the sponsors of the Linux Foundation, who have many skilled engineered on ...

Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificates are the cornerstone of online security. In basic terms, ...

GlobalSign has suspended issuing authentication certificates for websites after the DigiNotar hacker claimed to have breached its systems. This comes a week after news broke that Dutch certificate ...

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 on ...

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 not sure ...

Google Chrome has recently moved the information about Security Certificates to a different location, and unlike before, the location is not convenient at all. In fact, most users might struggle to ...

Congress is losing sleep over the possibility other nations could endanger web security, and now it wants the four major browser makers to weigh in. The House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy ...

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

IT professionals are expected to know everything technical, which creates a very high bar, and mistakes can be costly. Increasingly, corporate IT is asked to be more involved with website security ...

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 ...

You visit a client or other website and, instead of the site itself, you encounter a security certificate error. If you are using Windows and Internet Explorer, the ...