VeriSign said Wednesday it will purchase Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate provider GeoTrust for about $125 million in cash, a deal that will give VeriSign access to GeoTrust’s extensive reseller ...

Comodo announced today that it requested an independent third-party to notify VeriSign of a security vulnerability affecting its customers’ web sites, including a major financial institution. VeriSign ...

I think it's because everyone has heard of Verisign. "Oh, my banking website uses Versign, so I'm good to go". Or maybe it's the same question as "Why does this ${namebrand} of jeans cost 3 times what ...

Symantec announced a definitive deal Wednesday with VeriSign to acquire its identity and authentication business for $1.28 billion in cash, incorporating its SSL Certificate Services, Public Key ...

Following the success of researchers last week in creating a false SSL certificate based on VeriSign’s RapidSSL brand, the company is scrambling to explain how it happened, how it’s preventing it from ...