Let’s Encrypt certificates are free under public beta
Web publishers no longer need an invite to get one of Let’s Encrypt’s free certificates to enable an encrypted connection between browsers and their website.
Web publishers no longer need an invite to get one of Let’s Encrypt’s free certificates to enable an encrypted connection between browsers and their website.
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IDG News Service staff | 27 May | Read more
Even as DDoS attacks were outed as the biggest security concern for a range of businesses, the FREAK vulnerability spawned all sorts of puns and had security pundits concerned about the integrity of secure connections between computers and Web sites. CSOs were encouraged to check if they were vulnerable to the bug, while Apple moved quickly to squash it in its latest version of iOS and Microsoft confirmed that Windows is also vulnerable.
David Braue | 11 Mar | Read more
Attackers have set up around 10,000 malicious subdomains on accounts belonging to GoDaddy customers, according to a new report from Cisco's Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group.
Maria Korolov | 05 Mar | Read more
Hundreds of hacked domain name accounts registered through GoDaddy are being used as part of a highly effective campaign using the Angler exploit kit to infect computers with malware.
Jeremy Kirk | 04 Mar | Read more
Pro-Assad nuisance-makers The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) have returned from their slumber to pull of another DNS-level hack on possibly hundreds of websites including The London Evening Standard, The Independent, The Chicago Tribune, CNBC, The Daily Telegraph, Forbes and even PC World and the US National Hockey League.
John E Dunn | 29 Nov | Read more
Miffed certificate authorities are calling on Google to give websites more time to upgrade the security used in browser-to-server communications before displaying warnings in Chrome.
Antone Gonsalves | 11 Sep | Read more
In its quarterly report on global malware distribution and threats, security firm Solutionary Tuesday said that 56% of the malware it captured via sensors and other means was hosted in the U.S.-- a 12% increase from six months ago -- and about half of the malware overall appeared to originate at 10 Internet service and hosting providers.
Ellen Messmer | 16 Jul | Read more
Of all the lessons to be learned from the hacking of Naoki Hiroshima and the loss of his coveted @N Twitter handle, the most troubling is the one which will ultimately be the most difficult to solve. In online security, weak passwords and poor encryption standards may be part of the problem, but the biggest problem of all remains ourselves.
Christopher Null | 31 Jan | Read more
GoDaddy has acknowledged that one of its employees fell victim to a social engineering attack allowing a hacker to take over a customer's domain names and eventually extort a coveted Twitter user name from him. PayPal, which the victim claimed also played a role in the attack, denied the accusations.
Lucian Constantin | 30 Jan | Read more