More than a fifth (21 percent) of all websites are still using an insecure certificate, which is leaving them open to different types of cyberattacks. This is according to a new report from cyber security experts Venafi. The report says many sites are still using the SHA-1 certificate, which means they’re vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, brute force attacks and collision attacks, all of which can expose the site’s sensitive data. This means extra danger for people providing financial, or sensitive information to sites. Venafi says there has been improvement since November 2016, when more than a third (35 percent) of…
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