ZDNet

Securing the Internet: Let's Encrypt to release first security certificates September 7

Let's Encrypt is scheduled to releases its first security certificates on September 7, 2015. The service will become generally available on November 16. Josh Aas, the Internet Security Research ...
Geeky Gadgets

Let’s Encrypt Certificates Now Supported By All Major Browsers

The Let’s Encrypt free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), that is run for the public’s benefit. Has this week moved closer to its goal of providing free HTTPS certificates to the public, ...
Bleeping Computer

14,766 Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates Issued to PayPal Phishing Sites

During the past year, Let's Encrypt has issued a total of 15,270 SSL certificates that contained the word "PayPal" in the domain name or the certificate identity. Of these, approximately 14,766 (96.7% ...
ZDNet

Let's Encrypt free wildcard certificates now live

A project dear to its heart, Let's Encrypt has now made wildcard certificate support live in the next step to encrypt the Web. The certificate authority, which offers free SSL and TLS certificates to ...
Neowin

Let's Encrypt to revoke certain certificates on March 4

Some Let's Encrypt users have to renew their certificates after a CAA rechecking bug was discovered. Let's Encrypt will start revoking affected certificates beginning 00:00 UTC March 4. Let’s Encrypt ...
Bleeping Computer

Let's Encrypt to Revoke 3 Million TLS Certificates Due to Bug

Let's Encrypt will revoke over 3 million certificates on Wednesday, March 4th, due to a bug in their domain validation and issuance software. A bug in Let's Encrypt's certificate authority (CA) ...
Hackaday

Let’s Encrypt Will Stop Working For Older Android Devices

Let’s Encrypt was founded in 2012, going public in 2014, with the aim to improve security on the web. The goal was to be achieved by providing free, automated access to SSL and TLS certificates that ...
TechCrunch

Let’s Encrypt issues 3 billion HTTPS certificates

Nonprofit certificate authority Let’s Encrypt hit a major milestone earlier this month: it issued its three billionth HTTPS certificate. The ISRG announced this week that Let’s Encrypt issued its ...
The Next Web

Let’s Encrypt has now issued a billion free HTTPS certificates

HTTPS certificates issued by Let’s Encrypt are valid for just 90 days. However, the site provides automation tools to manage renewals automatically for your site. The 💜 of EU tech The latest ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Let’s Encrypt Revoking Millions of SSL Certificates

Let’s Encrypt announced that a bug affecting over 3 million websites using their Let’s Encrypt security certificate. Let’s Encrypt is revoking over 3 million affected certificates on March 4, 2020.
Ars Technica

Let’s Encrypt takes free “wildcard” certificates live

In July of 2017, the nonprofit certificate authority Let’s Encrypt promised to deliver something that would put secure websites and Web applications within reach of any Internet user: free “wildcard” ...