A high-severity bug in OpenSSL was disclosed today, and it affects only organizations that installed an update released in June, and allows anyone with an untrusted TLS certificate to become a CA.

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The open-source OpenSSL cryptographic library project came ...

I'm trying to generate a certificate (using the openssl command line tool) that can't actually DO anything - can't sign, can't encrypt. Is this possible? It seems like the purpose of the certificate ...

The openSSL heartbleed has led to a huge increase in the number of SSL certificates being revoked, as site owners and hosting providers go through the process of replacing vulnerable certificates. The ...