While last weekend was not particularly busy in terms of Infosec news, one thing that stood out was the identification and implementation of a new WPA attack.
The purpose of this blog article is to help you identify how your wireless infrastructure (personal or business) is affected by explaining the differences between existing attacks and this new attack.

Beginning August 1, 2018, all Certification Authorities (CAs) will be required to modify domain ownership validation methods in order to comply with Ballot 218 and baseline requirements of the CA/Browser Forum (CA/B Forum).

Google is taking the next step in keeping Chrome users safe by marking all HTTP pages as not secure from the release of Chrome 68 in July 2018.
Are you SSL-ready or will your potential and existing customers be told that your website is not secure?

DigiCert recently announced that they are updating the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) infrastructure for Symantec MPKI 8.

During a webinar that took place last week, Loïc Castel, the head of our Penetration Testing unit, explained the fundamentals of social engineering.

A big thank you to Comodo for sponsoring our Christmas Party at the Gunmakers located in the heart of London, Clerkenwell.

Tijdens de Symantec Platinum Partner Roundtable van dit jaar, een jaarlijks evenement voor de grootste Symantec-partners in de EMEA-regio, is SSL247^® wederom uitgeroepen tot EMEA Symantec Champion.

SSl247® are pleased to announce the opening of our new office in Farringdon!

Met ingang van 8 september 2017 zijn alle certificeringsinstanties (CA’s) verplicht een CAA-verificatie (Certificate Authority Authorisation) uit te voeren.

Google heeft de deadlines voor het niet langer vertrouwen van SSL-certificaten van Symantec, GeoTrust, Thawte en RapidSSL verlengd, nadat DigiCert plannen heeft bekendgemaakt voor het overnemen van de webbeveiliging en de PKI-oplossingen van Symantec.

Google heeft een voorstel ingediend dat inhoudt dat de Google Chrome-webbrowser (versie 62) vanaf augustus 2017 geleidelijk SSL-certificaten gaat wantrouwen die vóór 1 juni 2016 zijn uitgegeven door Symantec, GeoTrust, Thawte of RapidSSL.

Wat is WannaCry ? Zoals u waarschijnlijk wel hebt gehoord, was er onlangs veel te doen over een nieuw ransomwareprogramma, waarvan de schade nog altijd niet te overzien is. Deze gijzelsoftware, WannaCry of WannaCrypt genoemd, probeert de gegevens op uw systemen te versleutelen om vervolgens losgeld te vragen.

The new EU eIDAS regulation that oversees electronic identification and trusted services will be enforced from July 2016.

Policy makers in Brussels have recognised the 1995 ‘General Data Protection Regulation’ (GDPR) is no longer adequate considering the vast amounts of digital information being used worldwide. Despite having just gotten used to July’s revised ‘ePrivacy Directive’ (The cookie law), organisations or businesses that process data relevant to EU based individuals will soon be required to comply with an updated 1995 GDPR regulation – to be enforced from mid-2018.

Certificate Transparency (CT) was a standard introduced in November 2014 by Google.The main objective was to fix different structural flaws in the SSL certificate system which could facilitate a wide range of cyberattacks if left unchecked (e.g. spoofing, Man-In-The-Middle attacks).

As mentioned in our 2015 Christmas blog, online consumption and spending have been growing consistently year-on-year. This trend is a massive opportunity for businesses – like yours – to enhance revenue but many continue to underestimate – or entirely overlook – the relationship between trust and revenue, limiting potential gains as a result.

The video and the slides from our February 25th webinar on Penetration Testing are now available for your viewing pleasure.

We are proud to announce that SSL247® has been ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2015 – a prestigious program that formally recognised SSL247^® as one of the fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

At SSL247^®, we recently hosted a Webinar on SSL encryption discussing how ECC encrypted certificates provided greater security, while consuming less bandwidth – ideal of mobile devices – and the new hybrid certificates that combine RSA root and ECC intermediates.

Last year, online spending during the Christmas period rose by an average 2.2% YoY and 30% of those were made from a mobile device, compared to just 8.9% in 20131. This is set to continue in 2015, where a further annual rise of +13.8% in online spending is expected – approximately $349.20bn. With Christmas just around the corner this is welcoming news; however recent high-profile hacks like Ashley Madison and TalkTalk have left online shoppers hesitant – 43% of shoppers are worried over online security and 80% of shoppers would cancel the entire transaction if a security warning appears.