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EPISODE 32
Broadcast Date:
August 15, 201925 minutes
Podcast Aug 15, 2019Root Causes 32: Why Do Browsers & Academics Say Differently About EV?
Research shows that sites with Extended Validation SSL certificates are less likely for malware and phishing. So why do browsers say it isn't effective?
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EPISODE 30
Broadcast Date:
August 6, 201917 minutes
Podcast Aug 06, 2019Root Causes 30: When a Whole Country Has Its PII Stolen
Recently we have seen major news items in some of the common Root Causes themes. Join our hosts as they discuss.
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News Article Aug 01, 2019
Probability That an EV SSL Certificate Is Associated with a Bad...
New research conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology Cyber Forensics Innovation (CyFI) Laboratory confirms that a website with a company-branded address bar greatly decreases the chance of internet users falling victim to a malware attack or phishing scam.
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Study Finds 99.99 Percent Probability That Websites with...
News Article from Sectigo
News Article Jul 31, 2019To conduct the study, researchers at the CyFI Lab cross-correlated a global repository of web domains with EV certificates against an aggregation of web domains associated with malware, suspicious activity blacklists, and underground marketplace communications.
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Study: 99.99% Probability That Green Address Bars Show Trusted Domains
Press Release from Sectigo
Press Release Jul 30, 2019New research conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology Cyber Forensics Innovation (CyFI) Laboratory confirms that a website with a company-branded address bar greatly decreases the chance of internet users falling victim to a malware attack or phishing (fraud) scam.
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New Research on EV SSL Security from Georgia Tech
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Jul 29, 2019Online criminal actors reveals that domains with EV SSL certificates are 99.99% likely to be unassociated with bad cyber actors. CyFI studied 2.6 million domains associated with EV SSL to arrive at these results.
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Understanding the Role of EV Certificates in Internet Abuse
Whitepaper from Sectigo
Whitepaper Jul 29, 2019Research from Georgia Tech's Cyber Forensics Innovation Lab shows that domains with EV SSL certificates are 99.99% likely to be free of online abuse.
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Email Attacks - the Costliest of Cyber Crimes?
News Article from Sectigo
News Article Jun 28, 2019Using S/MIME email certificates across an enterprise - an efficient way of digitally signing and encrypting emails - combats spear phishing by enabling the user to confirm the true sender of an email.
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Press Release Jun 27, 2019
40% of Large NA Banks Fail to Use Security Best-Practices Vs. Phishing
Sectigo today released findings from its latest Secure Impressions: Online Banking Study, revealing how well the largest banks in North America and Europe ensure and demonstrate security of customer information on their online banking websites. The study found that a notable percentage of banks left customers vulnerable to phishing scams, but that all banks do use some form of SSL certificates.
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A Quarter of European Banks Leave Customers Exposed to Phishing Scams
News Article from Sectigo
News Article Jun 27, 2019An assessment of the digital certificates used to secure the home and login pages of major banks’ websites was conducted by Sectigo, the world’s largest commercial CA for online security technology.
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Strangers in Your Inbox: Safeguarding Against Business Email...
News Article from Sectigo
News Article Jun 21, 2019Tim Callan, Senior Fellow at Sectigo, explains to Information Age how to safeguard against business email compromise (BEC) attacks.
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Travel Wise | Looking for Travel Deals? Stay off the Dark Web
News Article from Sectigo
News Article Mar 11, 2019Think the real world is a dangerous place for travelers? Try visiting the virtual one, a place filled with shady travel offers and criminals who want to steal your personal information.