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Security Researcher Fools Symantec Into Revoking SSL Certificates
As browsers move away from unsecured HTTP, SSL certification has become an increasingly more public topic. Free services such as Let’s Encrypt simplify the process of acquiring certificates, but the likes of Symantec still offer pay-for options if it makes you feel better. Except it shouldn’t, as security researcher Hanno Böck recently discovered.
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Google’s Plan For Chrome To Clamp Down On Unsecured HTTP Connections Starts In January 2017
Google’s inexorable march towards “a more secure web” continues, with the internet giant recently posting an update regarding the next steps it will take with Chrome to flag “non-secure” websites. 2017 looks like the year things will get serious, with sites featuring data-sensitive form fields and no HTTPS support in the crosshairs.
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eBay Abandons Older Browsers With SSL 3.0 Upgrade
With the furore over Heartbleed and the seemingly regular database intrusions we hear about these days, all manner of companies are taking security a little more seriously. eBay, for instance, recently stepped up its game, killing support for SSL 3.0. It doesn’t mean much to the daily experience, but it’s a step in the right…
