VeriSign News

VeriSign Inc., the company responsible for assuring that more than half the world's websites are authentic, was hacked multiple times in 2010, and the thieves succeeded in stealing information.

Verisign was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating in a note issued to investors on Thursday.

Probably the most disturbing data breaches of 2011 involved security companies themselves coming under determined and sustained attacks.

Mutual SSL authentication or certificate based mutual authentication refers to two parties authenticating each other through verifying the provided digital certificate so that both parties are assured of the others' identity.

Verisign was repeatedly attacked in 2010 but the extent of what was stolen is unknown, and the company didn't even own up to it until late 2011.

Symantec, the owner of Norton Anti-Virus and other security software brands, said someone claiming to be part of Anonymous attempted to extort $50,000 in return for not posting code.

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VeriSign dropped a lollapalooza last October in a Security and Exchange Commission filing: the company, which operates the registry for the .com and .net domains, was repeatedly hacked in 2010.A Nothing serious occurred, the company soothed in a press release this week.

The VeriSign breach is an example of how no one is too secure, or too big to be attacked.

Today, the hacking group released a video recording of a Jan. 17 conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard.

Facebook again topped headlines on Thursday, thanks to its lucrative initial public offering .

View Photo Gallery - Sites they claim to have breached:A day after many Web sites participated in a protest against the SOPA anti-piracy bill, the Justice Department announced it was shutting down file-sharing site Megaupload.com over piracy violations.

Just last month, Symantec filled a gap in its security portfolio by acquiring encryption vendor PGP.

VeriSign Inc, the company in charge of delivering people safely to more than half the world's websites, has been hacked repeatedly by outsiders who stole undisclosed information from the leading Internet infrastructure company.

The Internet infrastructure company reported third-quarter profit last week of $240 million, or 32 cents a share, an increase from earnings a year earlier of $132 million, or 17 cents.

"A key focus for VeriSign in 2012 is getting their agreement with ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce renewed.

Good day, everyone, and welcome to the fourth quarter 2011 earnings call. Today's conference is being recorded.

S&P 500 component VeriSign Inc. reported its results for the fourth quarter. VeriSign provides Internet infrastructure services for the networked world.

Regardless of whether VeriSign posts a gain or decline in tonight's after hours following its Q4 report, the stock historically is a strong play for the long side.

The widely recognized VeriSign authentication tick may have been sold to the highest bidder, but the refocused VeriSign Inc is still one of the world's leading providers of trust and certainty in an uncertain cyber world.