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Blog Post Dec 19, 2018
How to Make Sure the Travel Sites You Visit Are Safe
It's that time of year when the winter blues have consumers heading online to explore and book their next vacation. To help travelers understand what to look for when booking travel online, Sectigo rated the safety of popular travel websites across categories, providing helpful tips to avoid fraudulent sites and phishing scams, and to protect their personal data.
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News Article Dec 12, 2018
When Out-of-Date Code Causes Chaos
Last week, mobile operator O2 blamed a similar issue for causing a network blackout which affected the UK. But what is a digital certificate and why do they expire? And will similar administrative errors continue to dog the industry and cause widespread havoc?
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Blog Post Dec 12, 2018
Equifax Data Breach Due to Unknown Certificate Expiration
Congress’s recent report on the 2017 Equifax data breach reveals that an expired certificate disabled a monitoring system, allowing the attack to harvest data unchecked for more than two months.
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Blog Post Dec 11, 2018
Seizing Tomorrow: What the Future of Internet Security Holds in 2019
Cybersecurity is an industry uniquely driven by innovation, as both cybercriminals and enterprise cybersecurity experts strive to create or identify the next major development that will give them a leg up over the other. In that way, predicting what comes next within the cybersecurity field provides an interesting lens on today’s threat landscape, even as it gives us a glimpse of the future. This week, a group of Sectigo leaders sat down to discuss the future of the industry and Sectigo’s place within it.
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O2 Outage Highlights Importance of Software Certificate Audits
A News Article from Sectigo
News Article Dec 07, 2018O2’s 4G network is now back up and running after a day-long outage on Thursday 6 December caused by an expired software certificate – which could have been avoided very easily.
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Will the Imminent Death of Microsoft Edge Lead to an Insecure...
A News Article from Sectigo
News Article Dec 07, 2018Reports are starting to emerge that Microsoft is to stop developing Microsoft Edge after three pretty unimpressive years and instead replace it with a Chromium-based browser. Codename Anaheim, this new browser is said be slated to replace Edge in Windows 10 although it's not clear if the Edge name will remain.
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Why Do More Than 50% of Phishing Sites Use SSL?
A Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Nov 30, 2018Recent research from PhishLabs shows that more than 50% of phishing sites now use SSL certificates. This fact isn’t really surprising considering that phishing sites depend fundamentally on being confused for the genuine sites they mimic. The closer the phishing site is to the actual site, the more effective it is in its mission. Adding an SSL certificate puts a lock icon and https to the web address; which in their absence, are important tip-offs that the site isn’t on the up and up.
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What Are the Black Friday Security Threats and How Can...
A News Article from Sectigo
News Article Nov 22, 2018Sectigo, the world’s largest certificate issuer has studied 25 major UK retailers and provided a ranking, according to how effectively they maximise trust with their site visitors. To receive top marks, an online shop must present its authenticated identity in a branded address bar and prevent “Not secure” warnings from displaying.
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Only 36% of Top UK Retailers Fully Secure Online Stores
A News Article from Sectigo
News Article Nov 22, 2018The shopping season is upon us and, like every year, many of us choose to buy online instead of trawling through the shops. But do UK retailers ensure shoppers can trust their websites? Sectigo, the world’s largest certificate issuer has studied 25 major UK retailers and provided a ranking, according to how effectively they maximise trust with their site visitors.
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One in Three UK Retailers Lack Best-Practice Security on This Holiday
A 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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The Man Behind the Curtain of Internet Security
A News Article from Sectigo
News Article Nov 02, 2018Making a good first impression goes a long way in the world of business and for many consumers, a company’s website is the first thing they see. However, with the recent move from HTTP to HTTPS, Google has begun to label websites without an SSL certificate as “not secure” in its Chrome browser. Ultimately, this can hurt the impression a website leaves on potential customers and could even encourage them to choose a different product or service instead of yours.
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Sectigo SSL / TLS Solutions Brief
A Datasheet from Sectigo
Datasheet Oct 30, 2018Sectigo offers the full range of SSL / TLS certificates including EV, OV, DV, multi-domain, UCC, and wildcard certificates.