Google has put websites signed with WoSign/StartCom SSL certificates on notice that it will no longer trust certs from the Chinese CA starting in Chrome 61.

A bug in GoDaddy’s domain validation process forced the registrar to revoke SSL certificates and reissue certs for more than 6,000 customers.

Apple said over the weekend it would soon distrust certificates issued by WoSign’s Free SSL Certificate G2 intermediate CA on macOS.

All custom domains hosted on WordPress.com will soon have their sites automatically encrypted for free. WordPress said late Friday afternoon that more than one million sites will have encryption automatically deployed. “We are closing the door to unencrypted web traffic at every opportunity,” wrote Barry Abrahamson, chief systems wrangler at Automattic, WordPress’ parent company. WordPress...

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the latest on the BlackEnergy APT Group, Amazon getting into the SSL certificate game, and government agencies being told to audit their systems for the Juniper backdoor. Download: news_wrap_01-29-16.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves