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09/08/10 VeriSign's Sale of Authentication Services Business to Symantec Closes
05/08/10 Internet's Most-Visited Web Sites Rely on GeoTrust SSL More than Any Other Certificate Authority
05/08/10 VeriSign Launches Internet Security Clinic for Small Businesses
23/07/10 88 Percent of UK IT Managers Concerned over Customer Online Security Fears
21/07/10 VeriSign Brings More Trust Online by Adding Web Site Malware Scanning and VeriSign Seal-in-Search to SSL Products
19/07/10 VeriSign Announces Deployment of DNS Security Extensions at the Internet's Root
06/07/10 Internet's 1 Million Most-Visited Domains Rely on GeoTrust SSL More than Any Other Certificate Authority
25/06/10 VeriSign DNSSEC Interoperability Lab Welcomes Brocade, A10 Networks and BlueCat Networks in Industry Effort to Improve Security Across the Internet
24/06/10 VeriSign and SSL247 Enable SEGA Europe to Tell Gamers: 'Green Means Go'
16/06/10 VeriSign Code Signing Certificates Help MuvEnum Improve Online Sales by 21.1 Percent
08/06/10 Internet Surpasses 193 Million Domain Name Registrations in First Quarter of 2010
24/05/10 Cyber Criminals Charge just $8.94 (£5.99) an Hour for Botnet Services, VeriSign iDefense Reveals
13/05/10 VeriSign Partner Program to Offer VeriSign Trust Seal
05/05/10 VeriSign Report Details Five Ways to Arm Against Latest Wave of DDoS Attacks
21/04/10 VeriSign Collaborates with Industry Leaders to Bring Trust to the Cloud
15/04/10 VeriSign Exceeds 2 Billion Certificate Checks in a Single Day
09/04/10 Computrad and VeriSign Partner to Deliver DDoS Protection Services to Online Gaming Companies
17/03/10 Fraudsters Shift from Financial Targets to Stealing Personal Information
15/03/10 VeriSign Marks 25 Years of .Com
04/03/10 VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Access for Mobile Widens Support for Strong Authentication
24/02/10 VeriSign Opens New Lab to Test Interoperability of Internet Solutions with DNSSEC
23/02/10 VeriSign Introduces VeriSign Trust™ Seal, Allowing More Web Sites to Benefit from World’s No. 1 Online Trust Mark
22/02/10 Internet Tops 192 Million Domain Name Registrations
16/02/10 CAQH and VeriSign Pilot Industry Solution for Secure Data Exchange
11/02/10 ".com 25" Nominees Announced as 25th Anniversary of .com Approaches
15/12/09 VeriSign EV SSL Customers Quickrooms, Opodo and directline holidays Offer the Safety Travel Tip Every Consumer Needs
25/11/09 UK’s Online Shopping Expected to Increase This Christmas, Despite Down Economy
17/11/09 VeriSign Chosen to Protect the Windows Azure Platform
16/11/09 VeriSign Announces DNSSEC Deployment Support Plans to Enhance Internet Security
07/10/09 VeriSign Partners With Diyar United and MAK To Provide National PKI Program For Kuwait Government
01/10/09 VeriSign Extends Reach of Strong Authentication to Millions More Mobile Device Users
21/09/09 Number of Internet Domain Names Continues to Grow, Reaching 184 Million
16/09/09 One in Eight Brits Fall Victim to Online ID Fraud
10/09/09 VeriSign Internet Defense Network Enhanced with New DDoS Monitoring Service
26/08/09 VeriSign Launches New Online Resource to Help Companies Transition from Small Business to Big Sales
07/08/09 VeriSign Board of Directors Names Mark McLaughlin as Chief Executive Officer and Brian Robins as Chief Financial Officer;Jim Bidzos Named Permanent Executive Chairman
06/08/09 VeriSign Reports 9% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth in Second Quarter 2009 (PDF)
30/07/09 VeriSign Confirms All SSL and EV SSL Certificates Remain Safe from Potential Threats Newly Presented at Black Hat Conference
27/07/09 VeriSign SSL Certificates Soar Past 4 Million Mark
15/07/09 VeriSign Tops 1 Billion Certificate Checks a Day
23/06/09 Airvana and VeriSign Team for Femtocell Network Authentication
18/06/09 VeriSign® Extended Validation SSL Lifts the Bottom Line of Online Businesses Around the World
16/06/09 Consumers Want More Control Over Securing Their Identities and Personal Data Online, VeriSign Study Finds
11/06/09 Research Reveals 88 Per Cent of UK Web Users Unable to Spot Phishing Sites
03/06/09 Internet Domain Names Surpass 180 Million in First Quarter of 2009
13/05/09 Hotel Bookings Increase 6.75 Percent as Green Address Bar Helps Turn Web Surfers into Buyers
07/05/09 VeriSign Reports 13% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth in First Quarter 2009
21/04/09 VeriSign Helps Minimize Downtime and Lost Business with New Certificate Discovery Module
21/04/09 VeriSign Puts Strong Authentication for Mobile Devices in the Fast Lane
20/04/09 VeriSign® Identity Protection (VIP) Mobile Credential for Protecting Consumer Online Accounts Now Available for More than 90 Popular Mobile Phones
03/04/09 National Express, Opodo and Quickrooms Ensure Safe Online Bookings This Easter
31/03/09 VeriSign® Identity Protection (VIP) Mobile Credential for Protecting Consumer Online Accounts Now Available on Apple App Store
27/03/09 eNom to Enable More Domain Resellers to Offer VeriSign® SSL Certificates
24/03/09 VeriSign Unveils Platform for National Public Key Infrastructure
02/03/09 VeriSign Celebrates the Two Year Anniversary of Extended Validation SSL
25/02/09 VeriSign Offers Recommendations on How to Protect from Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
18/02/09 Internet Domain Names Grow to 177 Million in 2008, Latest VeriSign Industry Brief Shows
10/02/09 Lingerie: The 'Safest' Gift to Buy Online This Valentine's Day
28/01/09 Name.com Stays a Step Ahead of Online Criminals by Joining VeriSign® Identity Protection Network
26/01/09 VeriSign Delivers Strong Authentication Passwords to PayPal UK Customers
In The News
04/23/10 Compromised accounts sold by the million on fraud forum (SC Magazine)
04/23/10 VeriSign enlists allies for ID security in the cloud (ZDNet)
04/22/10 For sale: 1.5 million social network accounts (Dani Web)
04/22/10 Criminal web forum trades in stolen network profiles (TechEye.net)
04/22/10 Accounts for sale (Professional Security)
04/22/10 Hackers selling 1.5 million social networking accounts (IT Pro)
04/22/10 VeriSign warns of major social networking threat (Yahoo News)
04/21/10 VeriSign warning over Apple iPad security (Mac World)
04/01/10 VeriSign: The number-one sign of trust on the Internet (Computer Weekly)
03/17/10 Fraudsters Shift from Financial Targets to Stealing Personal Information, VeriSign’s Online Fraud Barometer Research Reveals (IMRG.org)
03/17/10 ID theft overtakes financial theft online, survey reveals (Computer Weekly)
03/17/10 Fraudsters focus on ID theft, not stealing cash (IT Pro)
03/17/10 Eleven per cent of people in the UK are victims of identity fraud (SC Magazine)
03/15/10 Bill Clinton talks about the iPhone, newspapers, broadband (Macworld)
03/15/10 Dotcom celebrates 25th anniversary (The Daily Telegraph)
03/15/10 .com celebrates 25th birthday (The Register)
03/15/10 Dotcom TLD reaches 25th birthday (IT Pro)
03/15/10 Dotcom web address celebrates silver anniversary (BBC)
03/15/10 Happy birthday for dotcom (The Sun)
03/03/10 PayPal, Google and Equifax back launch of Open Identity Exchange (Finextra)
03/03/10 VeriSign: DNSSEC to improve Internet security (Tech World)
03/03/10 New era for internet security amid increased attacks (BBC)
02/24/10 Domain name registrations 'continuing to soar' (BCS)
02/24/10 Number Of Domain Names Registered Approaching 200 Million (Desire Athow)
02/24/10 VeriSign Adds Security To Business Websites (Smarthouse)
02/24/10 VeriSign introduces new verification service for Web sites (Net-Security)
02/24/10 VeriSign extends trust seal to smaller e-commerce sites (Infosecurity)
02/23/10 Verisign reports on domain names (The Inquirer)
02/23/10 Now almost 200 million registered domains (Tech Watch)
02/23/10 VeriSign introduces Trust Seal service (The H Security)
02/23/10 VeriSign rolls out new Web site verification service (PC World)
02/23/10 VeriSign targets e-retailers with Trust Seal (PC World)
02/05/10 Celebrating 25 years of .com (Guardian)
01/28/10 Chocolate and VeriSign partner to launch next generation DDOS and account protection services (Igaming Business)