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EPISODE 20
Broadcast Date:
May 31, 201914 minutes
Podcast May 31, 2019Root Causes 20: 885 Million Customer Financial Docs Exposed
It was recently revealed that First American Title Corporation had 885 million confidential customer financial documents discoverable on its online site.
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EPISODE 19
Broadcast Date:
May 29, 201914 minutes
Podcast May 29, 2019Root Causes 19: Death of a Public CA
Mozilla has decided to remove a public CA from its trusted root store, rendering public certificates from this CA valueless for almost all use cases.
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EPISODE 18
Broadcast Date:
May 23, 201922 minutes
Podcast May 23, 2019Root Causes 18: SHA-1 Collisions - Cisco Trust Anchor Flaw
Recent news has revealed several important developments in PKI and cyber trust. Our hosts cover the latest SHA-1 collision attack what it signals.
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Blog Post May 15, 2019
Sectigo Sponsors a Certificate Transparency Log from Let’s Encrypt
Today we announced that Sectigo is sponsoring Let’s Encrypt’s new Certificate Transparency (CT) log "Oak." As Let’s Encrypt’s CT log sponsor, Sectigo makes it economically possible for Let’s Encrypt, a non-profit, to create and maintain a CT log capable of meeting high-volume SSL certificate logging needs.
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EPISODE 12
Broadcast Date:
April 16, 201919 minutes
Podcast Apr 16, 2019Root Causes 12: PKI in the News
It was a busy news week for PKI and authenticated identity, and our hosts run through four current stories to clarify them. Tune in to learn the latest.
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EPISODE 09
Broadcast Date:
March 25, 201915 minutes
Podcast Mar 25, 2019Root Causes 09: 63-bit Serial Numbers
A recently discovered flaw in common practices reveals that potentially millions of active SSL certificates fall short of cryptographic requirements.
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EPISODE 07
Broadcast Date:
February 19, 201912 minutes
Podcast Feb 19, 2019Root Causes 07: Russian Disconnection from the Internet
Russia plans to disconnect from the internet as a trial exercise for full-blown cyber warfare. Learn some of the problems facing Russia if they disconnect.
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EPISODE 03
Broadcast Date:
January 16, 201916 minutes
Podcast Jan 16, 2019Root Causes 03: US Government Shutdown and Security Vulnerabilities
The US government shutdown has taken its toll on IT systems. Tune in to learn more about the risks of the ongoing shutdown to government infrastructure.
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EPISODE 02
Broadcast Date:
January 8, 201916 minutes
Podcast Jan 08, 2019Root Causes 02: O2 Outage and Equifax Breach
In December, users of O2 and Softbank experienced a data outage affecting 40 million. In 2017, 148 million lost their personal data in the Equifax breach.
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California's new IoT security law: Inching toward a safer future
News Article from Sectigo
News Article Nov 08, 2018The internet of things is becoming increasingly ubiquitous in American society. Smart home devices control our lighting, heating and entertainment systems. Health monitoring devices alert caregivers the moment medical issues arise. IoT-connected vehicles are now commonplace. Even traffic patterns and manufacturing processes are routinely managed using the network.
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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.
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More Than a Million Distrusted Symantec Certs Still in Use
News Article from Sectigo
News Article May 17, 2018More than one million distrusted digital SSL / TLS certificates from Symantec are still in use and failure to replace these certificates will result in site breakage in upcoming version of major browsers, including Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, according to a report from Comodo CA Limited.
