Under the agreement, Equifax Secure - the online security division of Equifax - will use Netscape's Directory for Secure E-Commerce as part of its digital certificate services for ecommerce providers such as banks, credit card companies and...
The flaw could let a website with a valid certificate issue a second, invalid one, which could enable unauthorised access to a computer as well as, among other things, the theft of user passwords or credit card numbers.
That includes software implementing the emerging Secure Electronic Transactions (SET) protocol for internet credit card purchases; other forms of instant Internet payments including sending a credit card number over the Internet using Secure...
Each certificate is stored on a smart card, which holds a PIN and ID for the card owner. The Ministry of Defence, pharmaceutical and insurance companies are also using the service to ensure that their information and money are exchanged securely.
Trust and confidence will be lost if information is inaccurate or out of date, if there are mistakes of identification, if information is not kept securely or if reasonable expectations of privacy are not met.
IE 7, Microsoft's newest web browser, will show a green address bar only when displaying a website that has an "extended validation certificate", or EV SSL. This is a new type of security certificate being sold by the same companies that sell...