A project that aims to increase the use of encryption by giving away free SSL/TLS certificates has issued its first one, marking the start of its beta program. The project, called Let’s Encrypt, is ...

SSL certificates are now expiring faster than avocados. Yes… avocados. You buy them green, blink twice, and suddenly they’re brown and useless. That’s exactly what’s happening to SSL/TLS certificates.

Landmark decision to reduce digital certificate lifespans aims to strengthen online security, promote automation in certificate management, and prepare for quantum challenges The newly approved ...

Symantec wants to see the encrypted Web grow and will offer free basic SSL/TLS certificates to domain owners through Web hosting companies that join its new Encryption Everywhere program. The company ...

Without these TLS certificates, it's trivial to steal your login and password over Wi-Fi. The only way to have reliable security is for every website to use encrypted connections. One reason that hadn ...

As of September, all publicly trusted TLS certificates must have a lifespan of 398 days or fewer. According to a statement from Apple from March, where it announced it was “reducing the maximum ...

NSA released the Cybersecurity Information Sheet, “Avoid Dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and the ALPACA Technique” today, warning network administrators about the risks of using poorly scoped ...