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One in Three UK Retailers Lack Best-Practice Security on This Holiday
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Nov 21, 2018Sectigo studied the web security of 25 popular UK retailers to see how each organization helps protect their consumers by maximising trust in online shopping. For the first in its Secure Impressions studies, we looked for the presence of SSL certificates; verifications provided by a Certificate Authority, which confirm that a website is authentic and legitimate.
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Why IoT Device Security Is Important
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Nov 14, 2018Learn why IoT (Internet of Things) device security is important, the dangers imposed by ignoring it, and what the future may hold for securing it.
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Comodo CA Is Now Sectigo
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Nov 01, 2018I am pleased to announce that Comodo CA has officially changed its name to Sectigo. This name change communicates that Sectigo is a separate operating entity, and since its separation from its predecessor Comodo Group in 2017, will be an essential element of ensuring that both companies can continue to conduct business without market confusion.
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Blog Post Oct 12, 2018
IoT PKI Manager Is Finalist for Computing Magazine Security Awards
We are proud to announce that Computing Magazine has named our IoT PKI Manager one of three finalists for its esteemed 2018 Security Excellence Awards in the IoT Security Solution category, along with British Telecom and SaltDNA.
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Blog Post Sep 28, 2018
First U.S. IoT Security Law Signed in California: Here’s What It Means
At the end of September 2018, the Governor of California signed country's first Internet of Things (IoT) security law, calling for reasonable security features. This is the first cybersecurity bill governing IoT devices, making California the first state in the country to establish formal legislation.
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Blog Post Sep 19, 2018
Upgrading Our Processes
Blogger Troy Hunt recently published a long missive in criticism of Extended Validation SSL, which includes a number of criticisms aimed at the Comodo brand in particular. Since the CA spun out of the larger Comodo Group, Inc. late last year we have been aggressively investigating all aspects of the business to identify where changes are required and to plan and implement them.
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Blog Post Sep 11, 2018
Phishing Incident Statements
On September 11, 2018, a cybersecurity firm reported that it uncovered malicious code injected into the British Airways website, indicating that the hackers in the recent British Airways supply chain phishing attack made use of an increasingly common tactic of using large websites to embed pieces of code from third-party suppliers.
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Blog Post Sep 10, 2018
DNS Poisoning Variant to Obtain a DV Certificate Unveiled
On September 6, 2018 The Register published an article describing how a team of academic security researchers successfully demonstrated that they could use a variant of DNS poisoning to obtain a Domain Validation (DV) certificate for a target domain they did not own.
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Blog Post Aug 16, 2018
Comodo CA Acquires CodeGuard
We are very pleased and excited to announce today that Comodo CA has acquired CodeGuard, a global leader in website maintenance, backup and disaster recovery.
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The Extended Validation Green Address Bar Matters, Here’s Why
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Aug 14, 2018When it comes to interacting online, everything is a matter of trust. Spam emails and clever phishing attacks make it more challenging to determine what’s legitimate and what isn’t, putting businesses and consumers on edge. Without trust, customers are reluctant to share sensitive information or conduct transactions online.
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TLS 1.3 Published by IETF
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Aug 13, 2018On Thursday, August 9 the IETF published TLS 1.3 as an approved standard, following its publication as a proposal in March 2018. TLS 1.3 offers important improvements in both security and connection speed, and adoption among software and service vendors is already well underway, including support in Chrome, Firefox, and Cloudflare.
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SSL Certificate Distrust Issue Persists: 800K+ Websites at Risk
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Jul 18, 2018Two months ago, Comodo CA released findings from research conducted to determine the scope and potential consequences of the upcoming Google Chrome distrust of all former Symantec SSL certificates issued prior to December 1, 2017.