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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.


  • 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…