S3 Ep99: TikTok “attack” – was there a data breach, or not? [Audio + Text]
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Category Archives: Lets Encrypt
Peter Eckersley, co-creator of Let’s Encrypt, dies at just 43
This site, like millions of others, has a certificate from Let’s Encrypt. Farewell, Peter Eckersley, PhD, who helped make it all possible. Continue reading Peter Eckersley, co-creator of Let’s Encrypt, dies at just 43
Evaluating the use of encryption across the world’s top one million sites
A new report from security researcher and TLS expert Scott Helme, evaluates the use of encryption across the world’s top one million sites over the last six months and reveals the need for a control plane to automate the management of machine identitie… Continue reading Evaluating the use of encryption across the world’s top one million sites
S3 Ep52: Let’s Encrypt, Outlook leak, and VMware exploit [Podcast]
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Serious Security: Let’s Encrypt gets ready to go it alone (in a good way!)
Let’s Encrypt is set to become a mainstream, self-certifying web certificate authority – here’s why it took so many years. Continue reading Serious Security: Let’s Encrypt gets ready to go it alone (in a good way!)
Let’s Encrypt Will Stop Working For Older Android Devices
Let’s Encrypt was founded in 2012, going public in 2014, with the aim to improve security on the web. The goal was to be achieved by providing free, automated access to SSL and TLS certificates that would allow websites to make the switch over to HTTPS without having to spend …read more
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Phish of GoDaddy Employee Jeopardized Escrow.com, Among Others
A spear-phishing attack this week hooked a customer service employee at GoDaddy.com, the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The incident gave the phisher the ability to view and modify key customer records, access … Continue reading Phish of GoDaddy Employee Jeopardized Escrow.com, Among Others
S2 Ep30: Let’s Encrypt, ULTRASOUND attacks, backups for ransom – Naked Security Podcast
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IoT Device Attacks, FCC Fines Mobile Carriers, Let’s Encrypt Certificate Bug
In episode 111 for March 9th 2020: A new report shows that attacks on Internet of Things devices are on the rise, the FCC fines major mobile carriers for selling users’ location data, and details on what happens when 3 million HTTPS certificates … Continue reading IoT Device Attacks, FCC Fines Mobile Carriers, Let’s Encrypt Certificate Bug
Let’s Encrypt Pushes Back Deadline to Revoke Some TLS Certificates
While 1.7 million of the certificates potentially affected by a CAA bug have already been replaced, around 1 million are still active. Continue reading Let’s Encrypt Pushes Back Deadline to Revoke Some TLS Certificates