A new cyber security report from Venafi has revealed that over 21% of all websites are still currently using an insecure SSL certificate. SHA-1 certificates were exposed to be vulnerable for man-in-the-middle attacks, collision attacks, and brute force attacks. Remember Heartbleed? “The results of our most recent analysis are not surprising,” said Kevin Bocek, chief […]
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Amazon Offers Free SSL/TLS Certificates
Speaking of SSL certificates, Amazon has rolled out the Amazon Certificate Manager – a free service that lets you deploy SSL certificates which you can utilize with AWS services. Oh, did I mention – it’s free! The downside being that ACM (Amazon Certificate Manager) is currently only available in the Northern Virginia region – however Amazon […]
A Non-Secure Icon Is Coming To Google Chrome
Talk across the Interwebs this morning is revolving around a possible upcoming decision by Google Chrome to flag non-secure websites via a red “x” icon. The feature hasn’t been officially announced, however a new hidden option is now available within Chrome which lets you “Mark non-secure origins as non-secure, or as ‘dubious’“. Want to try […]
Google Will Favor HTTPS Content In Search Results
It’s probably safe to say that Google has started, and led, the battle for a safer and more secure browsing experience – ever since they mentioned the first SSL ranking boost back in 2014. Ever since I’ve seen countless websites transition to HTTPS, and have gotten tons of questions from webmasters – most of whom […]
Want To Keep That SSL Ranking Boost? Perfect Your SSL Setup
I’ve covered SSL several times now in post and video form – and if you’ve decided that there’s a benefit to converting your website to SSL I urge you to do it correctly. That means going through your website to make sure that all of the elements you are utilizing (all of your scripts, images, […]
DreamHost Websites Using HTTPS and DreamPress Aren’t Loading
As of late last night DreamHost clients who are on the DreamPress platform – DreamHost’s own managed WordPress hosting platform – are experiencing issues trying to view their SSL secure websites. Take note that this issue only affects DreamPress customers who are using HTTPS. All other DreamHost clients who are utilizing their shared hosting, VPS, or […]
Do I Really Need SSL?
Ever since Google mentioned the words “ranking signal” and “SSL” together people have been twisting this meaning and falsely believing they need to convert their website to SSL for SEO benefits – and fact of the matter is that this isn’t entirely true. There is ALOT more things you can, and should, be doing which […]
Mozilla Wants You To Go HTTPS Or Else
Google kicked off the migration away from HTTP to HTTPS for most webmasters; and Mozilla aims to put the finishing fork into HTTP by announcing a new program which will essentially force webmasters onto HTTPS or else risk loosing various browser features. Removing features from the non-secure web will likely cause some sites to break. So we […]
Welcome FREAK – Yet Another OpenSSL Vulnerability
It seems like every few months a new SSL vulnerability is pointed out – which I suppose makes sense with the recent popularity that SSL has gotten. Thanks Google. Alas let’s welcome FREAK – a new man-in-the-middle vulnerability discovered by a group of cryptographers at INRIA, Microsoft Research and IMDEA. FREAK stands for “Factoring RSA-EXPORT Keys” […]
Understanding SSL Basics – Pros, Cons, Misconceptions
Ever since Google started talking about giving an SEO boost to SSL-enabled websites there’s been plenty of questions going around about SSL from people who’ve never considered it in the past. This prompted me to record the following video to help explain some of the basics of SSL encryption, along with some of the misconceptions […]
Free SSL Certificates Coming Next Year?
As the interweb slowly moves over to HTTPS from the standard HTTP a new venture between Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Mozilla, Cisco, the University of Michigan and IdenTrust has formed Lets Encrypt – a new authority out to attempt to completely eliminate the headaches and costs associated with the switch. See switching your website over to SSL has […]
New SSL Security Bug Prompts Google To Drop Support For SSL 3.0
Google has published details regarding the latest vulnerability within SSL called Poodle – this time targeting SSL 3.0. The newly found exploit allows one to steal secure cookies and other …
Invalid SSL Certificates Will Still Provide Google Ranking Boost
Earlier on this month Google announced that SSL-secured websites will receive a small ranking boost. Since then I have even converted the majority of Rapid Purple to run over an HTTPS connection. If you’ve been going through the conversion process yourself lately here’s a bit of news that Barry Schwartz found out which might make your […]
HTTPS Will Now Give You Ranking Benefits in Google
Google announced late last week that they are now using SSL/HTTPS as a small ranking signal within their Google search algorithm. Yes, a small ranking signal – or in the words of Google: “a very lightweight signal” which is shown to impact “fewer than 1% of global queries“. Google equated the SSL ranking signal with the Panda signal and […]
June 2014 Coupon Codes for 123-Reg
[frame align=”left”] [/frame]123-Reg has released their collection of coupon codes for the month of June 2014 ranging from domain name discounts to web hosting discounts. This month we have two top domain offers to take advantage of. First up is .com which is the world’s most popular domain, going for 15% off using coupon code [coupon code=”123Reg JUNECOM” /] Secondly […]
15% Off .GURU & .PHOTOGRAPHY Domain Names at 123-Reg!
123-Reg is always on-top of their monthly coupons and discounts; so right on time for the new month of April 2014 they have sent me their latest set of coupon codes. Firstly to celebrate the recent release of new gTLDs, 123-Reg are offering discounts on the popular .Guru and .Photography domain names. .Guru is a great […]
February Coupon Codes for 123-Reg
So, February – the month of love, is here and as I am sure you can tell – the Valentines themed coupon codes are starting to pour in. 123-Reg has just sent in their Valentines Day themed coupon codes with some fantastic discounts on hosting, email, SSLs and .com domains. 20% Off SSL Certificates (Excluding […]
October 2013 Coupon Codes for 123-Reg
123-Reg has been doing a great job at maintaining a steady supply of new coupon codes for their services. So without any further fuss here are their latest coupon codes for the month of October 2013. Discounts this month include Web Hosting, VPS and SSL certificates, plus some great discounts on .com and .net domain […]
123-Reg September Coupon Codes
[frame align=”left”][/frame]Labor day has brought around the start of September, and I’m kicking it off with a new set of coupon codes for 123-Reg. This month 123Reg has a few very unique discounts available, such as 15% off on a .LA domain name. .LA is the extension for the city of Los Angeles, although it was […]
123Reg Bank Holiday Sales
[frame align=”left”][/frame]The end of August marks the coming of Labor Day here in the United States, and a Bank Holiday around Europe. Being that 123Reg is UK based they have decided to launch several new coupon codes available for use from August 23rd to August 26th, 2013. While there is no new coupon codes available […]