Netcraft : Phising Using EV SSL

Netcraft’s anti-phishing toolbar community identified a noteworthy phishing attack against PayPal in December. FasterPay – which describes itself as the UK’s only safe, all-in-one Internet Banking payment service – was apparently hacked, and a subdirectory on the company’s own website at www.fasterpay.co.uk was used to host a PayPal phishing site. The veracity of the phishing…

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Risk of Expired SSL Certificate

The Dangers of Expired and Rogue SSL Certificates An expired or rogue SSL Certificate in a network environment could have severe repercussions . It takes just one out-of-date or rogue certificate to expose the enterprise—and perhaps more importantly, its customers—to malicious cybercrime . The following are just a few potential consequences of expired and rogue SSL Certificates .…

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