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New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: Code signing for Adobe AIR
It's a busy week for VeriSign announcements. Two days ago we announced our support of IDN on SSL . Yesterday we announced VeriSign code signing for the Adobe AIR platform . (Security, Website Security Solutions, Code Signing, SSL Certificates) () Symantec It�
blog entry comment 31 Aug 2009
Samir Rakshit commented on: Two new information sites from VeriSign
Its great to hear what we @VeriSign are continuously doing to secure the internet community! One issue I would like to put on your consideration: Though Trust The Check means lots for keeping billions of people online, safe all over the world, ...
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: High Assurance SSL Certificates to be called Extended Validation
I've written quite a bit on this blog about what has carried the code name High Assurance SSL Certificates . Well, the industry consortium creating the new standard has decided on an official name for them, which is Extended Validation . So when you see me writing about Extended Valid
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: The Attack of the Unprotected Web Forms - Part 2
A while ago I wrote about the idea that many pages don't have SSL that really should . Well, it's happening. Phishers are targeting MySpace users . (Security, Website Security Solutions, Code Signing, SSL Certificates) () Symantec A while ago I wrote about the
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: How CardSpace treats SSL
This recent blog entry goes over how CardSpace works with EV SSL Certificates , non-EV SSL Certificates , and sites without SSL at all. CardSpace is a Microsoft initiative to create a secure interface for your various identifying pieces of information such as credit cards, logins
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: Lots of coverage on new feature additions to VeriSign seal
Just a few days ago VeriSign announced new expanded functionality for the VeriSign seal and VeriSign SSL Certificates . The press has shown keen interest in this story, as exemplified by the stories that have appeared in these sources: CNET Network World PC Mag
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: A couple of recent articles with a different take on online security and consumer confidence
Two articles recently came to my attention because I'm quoted in them. Ordinarily I wouldn't blog something for that reason alone, but each of these articles took a somewhat novel angle on the topic of security fears among site visitors and what businesses can do to alleviate them. Th
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: Online scammers and High Assurance
This article talks about the recent conviction of a couple of Canadian online serial scammers . In this case the criminals set up fake vacation sites and sold vacations that did not exist. They shut each site down after a short period of time and then put up the next. In the process thousand
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: "Phish or No Phish"
When you sign up to check out the RSA keynote speeches , including VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos's presentation on security in the Any Era, make sure you check out the selection from Friday called "Phish or No Phish." Host Hugh Thompson shows us an interesting exercise where
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: H & R Block deploys EV in time for IRS deadline
In the wake of the IRS's stated requirement for Extended Validation SSL on all online tax filing sites, we've just seen deployment of EV SSL on H & R Block's TaxCut online filing application. In the past few years tax-based phishing attacks plagued would-be online f