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EPISODE 147
Broadcast Date:
February 5, 202112 minutes
Podcast Feb 05, 2021Root Causes 147: Google Titan Secure Key Attack
A new attack allows cloning of the Google Titan secure key. we describe this attack and its implications for Titan and other secure keys.
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EPISODE 146
Broadcast Date:
February 1, 202110 minutes
Podcast Feb 01, 2021Root Causes 146: Congolese ccTLD Takeover
A white hat researcher took over .cd, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's ccTLD. The implications of taking over a top-level TLD are staggering.
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EPISODE 145
Broadcast Date:
January 29, 202111 minutes
Podcast Jan 29, 2021Root Causes 145: Google Chrome to Distrust CA Camerfirma
Google has announced distrust for Spanish public CA Camerfirma in Chrome build 90. We explain the reasons for (and implications of) this decision.
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EPISODE 144
Broadcast Date:
January 26, 202113 minutes
Podcast Jan 26, 2021Root Causes 144: Whatever Happened to the Green Address Bar?
In recent years the EV SSL "green address bar" has shrunk and evenually disappeared. We walk you through how that came to be.
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EPISODE 143
Broadcast Date:
January 21, 202128 minutes
Podcast Jan 21, 2021Root Causes 143: The Four Pillars of Certificate Automation
The Four Pillars of Certificate Automation are deploy, discover, revoke/replace, and renew, along with the umbrella capability of visibility.
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60 minutes
Webinar Jan 21, 2021The Passwordless Enterprise: Why PKI is Better Than Passwords
Join Senior Fellow Tim Callan and CTO of PKI Jason Soroko as they discuss why replacing passwords with authentication based on PKI is the best remedy.
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EPISODE 142
Broadcast Date:
January 18, 202112 minutes
Podcast Jan 18, 2021Root Causes 142: Removing Street and Postal Code from Public Certs
On March 1 Sectigo will remove street address and postal/zip code information from its public certificates of all types. Our hosts explain why.
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EPISODE 141
Broadcast Date:
January 11, 202119 minutes
Podcast Jan 11, 2021Root Causes 141: The Case for Shorter Certificate Lifespans
Our hosts are joined by guest Nick France to discuss the benefits of shorter certificate lifespans for both public and private CAs.
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EPISODE 140
Broadcast Date:
January 7, 202120 minutes
Podcast Jan 07, 2021Root Causes 140: SSL Attacks Using BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
BGP controls traffic routing on the internet. BGP attacks could help improperly obtain DV certificates. We explain these attacks and what to do about them.
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EPISODE 139
Broadcast Date:
January 4, 202110 minutes
Podcast Jan 04, 2021Root Causes 139: Exposed Private Keys in CSR Submissions
Sometimes subscribers accidentally include the private key along with CSR submissions. Our hosts break down this phenomenon and its implications.
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EPISODE 138
Broadcast Date:
December 29, 202014 minutes
Podcast Dec 29, 2020Root Causes 138: IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020
We explain the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020, which creates security requirements for IoT devices sold into the US government.
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The SolarWinds Orion Attack and PKI
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Dec 21, 2020The SolarWinds attack touches on digital certificates and identity authentication in some important ways.