Google's cert sanction may hamper browsing, trigger China retaliation
The impact of Google's decision to remove the root certificates issued by a Chinese certificate authority could hamper millions of Chrome users, particularly those in China.
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Like Google, Mozilla set to punish Chinese agency for certificate debacle
The Mozilla Foundation plans to reject new digital certificates issued by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) in its products, but will continue to trust certificates that already exist.
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Chinese Internet authority clashes with Google over digital certificates
A Chinese Internet administrator blasted Google on Thursday, after the U.S. search giant decided to stop recognizing digital certificates issued by the group following a security lapse.
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Egyptian company says rogue Google SSL certificates were a mistake
An Egyptian company that created unauthorized digital certificates for several Google domains said Wednesday it made a mistake and acted quickly when the error became known.
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Microsoft blacklists latest rogue SSL certificates, Mozilla mulls sanctions for issuer
Microsoft has blacklisted a subordinate CA certificate that was wrongfully used to issue SSL certificates for several Google websites. The action will prevent those certificates from being used in Google website spoofing attacks against Internet Explorer users.