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Iran blamed for net security attack

article published on 25 March, 2011

The finger of blame is being pointed at Iran in what's being called a state-driven attack on Internet security. Attackers managed to trick a HTTPS/TLS Certificate Authority into issuing fraudulent certificates. The improperly issued certs covered high-value domains including google.com, login.yahoo.com and addons.mozilla.org. One cert was for "global trustee" which could have enabled ... [ read the full article ]

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Mozilla admits to mishandling Comodo disclosure....
http://goo.gl/fb/V33fX

Microsoft Shuts off HTTPS in Hotmail for Over a Dozen Countries:
http://goo.gl/fb/1RpLu
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