GeoTrust Blog

What Out for Phishing Scam on Tumblr

Deena — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:55:39 +0000

Tumblr users are being targeted by phishers. A rash of malicious web sites have been set up to mimic legitimate Tumblr destinations recently. These sites are using links that offer salacious content if a visitor will “log in” to the[...]

Facebook apps must deliver https by October 1

Deena — Tue, 10 May 2011 22:45:47 +0000

Keep hackers from eavesdropping on your Facebook sessions. Go to your Facebook settings and click on account security. Find the box to enable https and make sure it is checked. It looks like the following: Secure Browsing (https) Browse Facebook[...]

Tagged: always on SSL, Facebook, HTTPS

May the 4th be with you!

Deena — Wed, 04 May 2011 23:01:07 +0000

Happy Star Wars day, everyone! May the fourth be with you. Here’s your Wookieepedia reference : “The phrase dates back to at least 1979, on the day Margaret Thatcher was elected Britain‘s first woman prime minster. Her party took out[...]

Comodo SSL Hack Derails South Dakota Department of Transportation Bid System

Deena — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:19:31 +0000

The Rapid City Journal reports that the South Dakota Department of Transportation has temporarily taken their online bid system down. The system relies on a secure document storage service from security firm Comodo who’s systems for issuing SSL certificates were[...]

Tagged: Comodo, comodogate

Go Daddy elephant video edited for TV?

Deena — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:58:58 +0000

Go Daddy’s Bob Parson’s continues to claim that his elephant killing vacation was a humanitarian act. A position that many experts and conservation groups have disagreed with, loudly. However, despite continuing to defend his actions, his now infamous vacation elephant[...]

Tagged: Bob Parsons, elephant

Go Daddy Kills the Elephant in the Room

Deena — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:06:12 +0000

There is a brouhaha in the news this week, and I’m not talking about the Comodo breach. I’m talking about the reaction to Bob Parson’s elephant snuff video. Parson’s defends his decision to go elephant hunting in Zimbabwe for the[...]

Tagged: Go Daddy

Is it Security or Entertainment?: The Iranian Hacker Manifesto

Deena — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:15:13 +0000

Last week the news broke about a supposed Iran state-sponsored hack on Comodo that managed to get fraudulent SSL certificates issued for Google, Hotmail, Yahoo, Firefox and Skype — certificates that could have been used to “secure” fake versions of[...]

Tagged: Comodo, hacker

Is it Sci Fi or is it current events? You decide.

Deena — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:56:37 +0000

If you like a juicy, suspenseful story that connects SSL certificates to international espionage you could read the Hugo Award winning sci fi novel Rainbow’s End… …or you could simply follow this week’s news frenzy over a spectacular security breach[...]

Tagged: Comodo, Iran, security breach

Hey Developers, Update Your Google API Code

Deena — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:50:35 +0000

Google APIs are about to be more secure. Yesterday Google announced that they would be requiring SSL for all API request connections to Google Documents List, Google Spreadsheets and Google Sites after September 15. They also announced that the SSL[...]

Tagged: APIs, developers, Google

Deny Hackers Access to your Twitter Account

Deena — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:44:54 +0000

Twitter has a new security setting, always-on HTTPS (aka SSL), aimed at denying hackers the ability to potentially break into your Twitter account. Always-on HTTPS blocks programs, such as Firesheep, that sneak in through unsecured WiFi connections. . Twitter follows[...]

Tagged: Firesheep, HTTPS, Twitter