Everyone’s freaking out about the Heartbleed vulnerability that’s affecting some of the most popular sites on the web. Heartbleed is a vulnerability in OpenSSL. Confused about what SSL actually is?

Bogus digital certificates have been popping up here and there over time as malware authors rely on Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) more and more to sneak past intrusion detection and protection systems ...

IT professionals are expected to know everything technical, which creates a very high bar, and mistakes can be costly. Increasingly, corporate IT is asked to be more involved with website security ...

Amy Nichol Smith spent more than 20 years working as a journalist for TV and newspapers before transitioning to software and hardware product reviews for consumers and small businesses. She has been ...

Computer users worldwide are wary of hacks and privacy violations, so it pays to continue to be vigilant with your website’s security. If you’re working in SEO, you have no doubt come across SSL ...

A reader reported receiving a message in Google Search Console about a self-signed SSL certificate. Google has been sending warnings about this for years. A self-signed SSL certificate is one that is ...

Editorial Note: Forbes Advisor may earn a commission on sales made from partner links on this page, but that doesn't affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. In a time when digital frauds and ...

Microsoft is scrambling to block a fraudulent HTTPS certificate that was issued for one of the company’s Windows Live Web addresses lest it be used by attackers to mount convincing man-in-the-middle ...

Protecting your Synology NAS with a signed SSL certificate is essential for secure and trusted internet access. This tutorial video by SpaceRex explains how to obtain a signed SSL certificate using ...