SSL/TLS certificate validity chopped down to one year by Apple’s Safari

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:42:33 +0000

From 1 September 2020, Safari will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificates with more than a year on the clock.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cpkLvAwmg9A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple chops Safari’s TLS certificate validity down to one year

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:42:33 +0000

From 1 September 2020, Safari will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificates with more than a year on the clock.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cpkLvAwmg9A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Powerful GPG collision attack spells the end for SHA-1

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:54:29 +0000

New research has heightened an already urgent call to abandon SHA-1, a cryptographic algorithm still used in many popular online services.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/4sQ-pLfUpIU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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218 million Words With Friends players lose data to hackers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:20:10 +0000

The serial hacker GnosticPlayers is claiming to have ransacked Zynga’s user data – including names, emails and passwords.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5iXJ4_o_gJ4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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