Voluntary SSL standards backed by heavyweights 

Voluntary SSL standards backed by heavyweights

But Marlinspike says it won't do squat.
GlobalSign says certs weren't hacked 

GlobalSign says certs weren't hacked

Thanks everyone.
Dutch CA denies certs breached 

Dutch CA denies certs breached

But internal documents pilfered from vulnerable web database.
Malaysian Government signing key stolen  

Malaysian Government signing key stolen

Used to sign trojan.
Certificate phishing sucks bank customers into Blackhole 

Certificate phishing sucks bank customers into Blackhole

Bank business customers warned of invalid certificates.
Microsoft patches five holes, nukes six certificates 

Microsoft patches five holes, nukes six certificates

Light updates hard on DigiNotar.
GlobalSign pre-empts hack, shuts down certificates 

GlobalSign pre-empts hack, shuts down certificates

Certificate authority GlobalSign is investigating reports that the DigiNotar hacker has access to its system.
iPhone data interception tool released 

iPhone data interception tool released

Marlinspike provides a good reason to update iOS 4.3.5.
Businesses ‘plagued’ by missing encryption keys 

Businesses ‘plagued’ by missing encryption keys

Afflicts digital certificates, too.
PayPal suspends hacker's account after bogus SSL post 

PayPal suspends hacker's account after bogus SSL post

Black Hat demonstration was followed by exploits in the wild.
VeriSign addresses SSL certificate flaw 

VeriSign addresses SSL certificate flaw

VeriSign has moved to address a flaw in its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certification technology, which could have allowed hackers to create false certificates.
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