SSL exploit puts VeriSign on the spot; Cisco activates crisis management team; Twitter hack update

Daily News PM Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent SOA Governance and Compliance Hear about the latest industry trends around new heightened information security regulations in this on-demand Webcast featuring Andreas Antonopoulos from Nemertes Research. Get solutions that reduce your company's risk and allows you to better manage your environment. Watch now. Spotlight Story Rogue SSL certificate exploit puts VeriSign on the spot By Ellen Messmer 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 reoccurring, and whether its other SSL certificate-generation services are at risk. 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