Bug hunter exposes SSL.com flaw, triggers certificate revocations
April 21, 2025, 10:20 pm
A security researcher exploited a bug in SSL.com’s domain validation process to illicitly obtain digital certificates for an Alibaba Cloud domain. After the error led to ten additional certificates being mis-issued, all have now been revoked, underscoring glaring vulnerabilities in digital certificate safeguards.
10 other certificates 'were mis-issued and have now been revoked' Certificate issuer SSL.com’s domain validation system had an unfortunate bug that was exploited by miscreants to obtain, without authorization, digital certs for legit websites.…
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