Neowin News Feed for: Certificate

Florida woman jailed over massive Microsoft "Genuine" Windows & Office activation key fraud

Sayan Sen — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:50:01 +0000

A Florida-based woman has been indicted over a massive fraud involving thousands of "Genuine" Windows and Office labels that often contain product activation keys. Read more...

Microsoft is ending support for a registry key in Windows DCs next month

Usama Jawad — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 07:34:01 +0000

Microsoft is ending support for a registry key that served as a workaround for certificate-based authentication in Windows Domain Controllers. Read more...

Microsoft Teams hit by a bug, wants users to select a certificate [Update]

Subir Kathuria — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:20:02 +0000

Microsoft Teams seems to be experiencing a blocking bug. A recent update seems to have caused a "Select a certificate" prompt to be displayed to Teams users before they can use the software. Read more...

Let's Encrypt certificate switch to cause problems in 2021

Paul Hill — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 15:16:02 +0000

Let's Encrypt has announced that from September 1, 2021, its existing root certificate will expire. This will cause significant issues for people using Android version below 7.1.1. Read more...

BBC iPlayer breaks on several Samsung smart TVs, patches rolling out in the coming weeks

Paul Hill — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:34:01 +0000

Several Samsung smart TVs are unable to play content from BBC iPlayer because an old security certificate has expired. Samsung has released firmware updates to address the issue on some TVs. Read more...

Mozilla releases add-on to fix disabled extensions in older versions of Firefox

Steven Parker — Wed, 15 May 2019 10:44:01 +0000

After last week pledging to support older versions of its Firefox browser that were affected by the disabled add-on certificate signing, Mozilla has now released extensions that fix versions 47 to 65. Read more...

Mozilla releases Firefox 66.0.4 which re-enables user extensions after muck-up

Paul Hill — Mon, 06 May 2019 02:14:01 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 66.0.4 which mitigates many, but not all, of the problems surrounding user extensions being remotely disabled. It launched the update now to limit business disruption. Read more...

Every Oculus Rift VR headset bricked due to expired certificate [Update with fix]

Steven Parker — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 15:38:01 +0000

There is nothing wrong with your computer. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. Oculus have failed to control the transmission by letting a certificate expire, as discovered by some unhappy users. Read more...

Let's Encrypt being abused, gets used in malvertising attacks says Trend Micro

Paul Hill — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:08:01 +0000

Trend Micro has detected a malvertising campaign against web users in Japan. It turns out that the ads were using a certificate issued by Let's Encrypt. The ads led to sites which would infect PCs. Read more...

Microsoft's Training and Certification website back up after extended downtime

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:08:01 +0000

For the last couple of days Microsoft's Training and Certification website has been plagued by downtime. But now everything should be back to normal and users can reschedule their exams. Read more...

Microsoft rolls out new age rating system for Windows Store apps and games

Usama Jawad — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it's rolling out a new age rating system for Windows Store apps and games using IARC, which will automatically generate regional certificates, streamlining the process. Read more...

Microsoft pulls 'improperly issued' SSL certificate

Brad Sams — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:57:03 +0000

Microsoft has posted an alert saying that they have revoked an improperly issued SSL certificate that could have impacted all version of Windows but automatic updates should take care of the issue. Read more...

Microsoft Security Essentials loses AV-Test certificate

Rob Schorman — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:18:41 +0000

German IT-security institute AV-Test regularly tests popular antivirus software. In their latest test, Microsoft's free antivirus solution was the only program which failed to receive certification Read more...

Microsoft issues unauthorized certificate warning, patch

Tyler Holman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:30:54 +0000

Microsoft has issued an urgent warning for all supported versions of Windows (phones included) about unauthorized certificates being used for spoofing and phishing, along with a patch for the problem. Read more...

Microsoft begins pushing out certificate update to WP7

Brad Sams — Tue, 03 May 2011 18:50:42 +0000

Microsoft has begun pushing out the first update since NoDo to help thwart fake certificates that are currently circulating the web. The notifications are currently being pushed out OTA, but the update requires you to... Read more...

Microsoft Has Verisign Revoke Atsiv Certificate

Christopher Vendemio — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:36:39 +0000

Microsoft Corp. last week slammed the door on a free utility out of Australia that outflanked one the company's touted security features in Windows Vista by having the program's digital certificate revoked. LinchpinLabs' Atsiv utility,... Read more...

VeriSign Issues IE7 Extended Validation SSL Certificate

Steven Parker — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:35:56 +0000

New Groundbreaking EV UpgraderTechnology Will Enable All IE7 Browsers on Microsoft Windows XP Client Systems to Also Display the Green Address Bar VeriSign), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure for the networked world, today announced... Read more...

Redhat announced Red Hat Certificate System

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:29:32 +0000

Red Hat has unveiled an initiative dubbed "Security in a Networked World" at the LinuxWorld tradeshow in San Francisco. As part of the program, the Linux vendor showcased its Red Hat Certificate System... Read more...

KBAlerts: WGA Explained & Certificate display in OE6 Remedy

Steven Parker — Mon, 30 May 2005 12:47:41 +0000

Thanks Scott Cate for the email alert for some new Knowledge Base articles that Microsoft have posted over the weekend. Below are two that we might find interesting; The following KB Alert applies... Read more...

A Microsoft certificate at eight

Tom Warren — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:18:10 +0000

"I want to build a computer that will respond to brain waves and dispense with the need to use hands," says Mridul Seth, his fingers almost a whir as he punches the keys of a... Read more...

Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:54:18 +0000

The original version of this bulletin was released on 05 September 2002. The vulnerability identified in the original version of the bulletin could enable an attacker who had a valid end-entity certificate to issue a... Read more...

Windows XP Security Patch: Certificate Validation Vulnerability

Steven Parker — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:36:34 +0000

Again thanks to Bink with this revised bulletin with updated patches This update resolves the "Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing" vulnerability in Windows XP. Download now to prevent an attacker from... Read more...

MS02-050: Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing (Q328145)

Mon, 16 Sep 2002 11:05:17 +0000

This patch eliminates a security vulnerability associated with the validation of digital certificate chains. Before installing it, customers should review the Caveats section of this bulletin, which discusses a known side effect of installing the... Read more...