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    Essential Cyber Resilience Frameworks — Review & Guide

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Jul 09, 2024

    Building and maintaining a cyber resilience framework is essential for defending against cyberattacks, involving continuous updates and new policies. Cyber resilience ensures that organizations can anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to cyber threats. Jason Soroko from Sectigo underscores the need for thorough risk assessments, robust security architectures, and continuous monitoring. Overall, achieving cyber resilience involves proactive measures, regular system monitoring, employee training, and implementing advanced technologies for swift threat detection and response.

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    New Ransomware Group Eldorado Targets Mainly US Organizations

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Jul 09, 2024

    Eldorado, a new ransomware-as-a-service group, has targeted 16 organizations, mostly in the US, since its emergence in spring 2024. Focusing on sectors like real estate and healthcare, Eldorado uses Golang for cross-platform attacks and encrypts files with ChaCha20 and RSA-OAEP. Its ability to shut down and encrypt virtual machines severely disrupts business operations. Experts advise using multi-factor authentication, endpoint detection, regular backups, timely patching, and continuous employee training to defend against such threats.

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    Root Causes - A PKI & Security Podcast

    EPISODE 402

    Broadcast Date:
    July 9, 2024

    15 minutes

    Podcast Jul 09, 2024

    Root Causes 402: New Social Engineering Powershell Attack

    A new social engineering exploit instructs victims to enter command line prompts to hack themselves on behalf of the hacker.

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    Root Causes - A PKI & Security Podcast

    EPISODE 401

    Broadcast Date:
    July 5, 2024

    10 minutes

    Podcast Jul 05, 2024

    Root Causes 401: New SSH Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Revealed

    A newly revealed OpenSSH vulnerability can open enterprises to remote code execution. We explain what is happening and what to do about it.

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    Case Study: Rijkswaterstaat

    Case Study from Sectigo

    Case Study Jul 04, 2024

    Sectigo CLM delivers security and universal visibility from a single pane of glass for Rijkswaterstaat.

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    G2 awards Sectigo leader status in Certificate Lifecycle Management for fifth consecutive quarter

    Press Release from Sectigo

    Press Release Jul 03, 2024

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., — July 04, 2024 — Sectigo®, the industry’s most innovative provider of comprehensive certificate lifecycle management (CLM), today announced that it has been recognized as a leader in the secure socket layer/transport layer security (SSL/TLS) certificates and certificate lifecycle management (CLM) software categories in the G2 Summer 2024 Grid report.

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    Chrome Update Will Block Entrust Certificates by November 2024

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Jul 03, 2024

    Starting November 1, 2024, Chrome will distrust new TLS server authentication certificates from Entrust and AffirmTrust due to ongoing compliance failures. Website owners must switch to a new Certification Authority (CA) before this deadline to avoid disruptions. Chrome users visiting affected sites after this date will see security warnings. Tim Callan stressed the importance of maintaining high standards in cybersecurity.

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    Root Causes - A PKI & Security Podcast

    EPISODE 400

    Broadcast Date:
    July 2, 2024

    11 minutes

    Podcast Jul 02, 2024

    Root Causes 400: French Court Orders DNS Poisoning

    To combat piracy of sporting event transmissions, a French court has ordered major tech companies including Google and Cloudflare to poison DNS settings.

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    Sectigo delivers 23-24 WebTrust audit, confirms compliance with CA/Browser Forum baseline requirements

    Press Release from Sectigo

    Press Release Jul 01, 2024

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., — July 1, 2024 — Sectigo®, the industry’s most innovative provider of comprehensive certificate lifecycle management (CLM), announced today that it has once again passed its annual WebTrust audit.

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    Google to distrust Entrust SSL/TLS certificates

    Blog Post from Sectigo

    Blog Post Jul 01, 2024

    In a significant move to enhance digital certificate security, Google Chrome has announced its decision to distrust public SSL/TL certificates issued by Entrust after November 11, 2024.

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    Chrome to Distrust Entrust Certificates by November 2024

    News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Jul 01, 2024

    Starting November 2024, Google Chrome will distrust certificates issued by Entrust due to repeated compliance failures and unmet security commitments. Websites using Entrust certificates issued after November 1 will be marked as insecure in Chrome, displaying warnings like "Your connection is not private." Existing certificates issued before the cutoff will remain valid. Users should be cautious of security warnings and avoid entering sensitive information on flagged sites until they resolve their certificate issues.

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    What is the CA/Browser forum?

    Blog Post from Sectigo

    Blog Post Jul 01, 2024

    The CA/Browser Forum sets standards for digital certificates, enhancing security and reliability through collaboration among CAs, browsers, and tech firms.