The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs
Security personnel around the world are on high alert Tuesday following the discovery of eight TLS certificates with private keys so weak they could allow…
Ars Technica reports: Security personnel around the world are on high alert Tuesday following the discovery of eight TLS certificates with private keys so weak they could allow anyone to mint trusted browser and app credentials for any site on the Internet.
As of late morning Tuesday, browser makers and some major apps and programming languages had blocked all eight of the intermediate certificates. The threat remains far from over…
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