Comodo Certificate Fraud Hack Report 2022

Running head: COMODO CERTIFICATE FRAUD HACK
Comodo Certificate Fraud Hack
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Abstract
Comodo SSL certificate is responsible for making the transactions of customers online and it
is a dedicated system which protects the customer transactions within a business securing the
cost effective ways of establishing the system within a website. However, there has been a
confession by an Iranian hacker where it was identified that the Comodo SSL certificate was
hacked before compromising several customer transactional data and has repeatedly prove
that the digital system was vulnerable to hackers. It also brought about the fact that there
were only few people who had the idea about a proper digital SSL certificate which made it
easier for the hacker to barge into the system. This is why the below report is dedicated into
finding out the solution to the problems by identifying them and also the proper way of this
solution to be implemented within a small to medium business organisation trying to
implement the digital certificates.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Background information........................................................................................................3
A description of the IT security problem...............................................................................4
Major security problems it proposes......................................................................................5
Proposed Solution..................................................................................................................7
Recommendation........................................................................................................................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References................................................................................................................................10
Appendix..................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
The identification of a Comodo SSL Certificate is dependent on the establishment of
the transactions that occurs online. This certificate has been a dedicated system that is
responsible behind the protection of the transactions of a customer and helps a business in
securing such systems. Since it is certified to be one of the most cost-effective system, it has
been one of the best possible ways for small to medium sized business to implement them
within the organization to ensure the security of the transactions done by the customers (Loo
2017). However, the latest fraud hack that has occurred for the Comodo SSL Certificates
have alarmed the organizations as well. This is why the above report would provide the
feasible plan for a small to medium sized business to implement the Comodo SSL Certificate
to ensure the security of customer transactions and at the same time enable the security
against any hack identified.
Background information
Comodo SSL Certificate is an SSL solution which is extremely low in cost and has
been presented by Namecheap. The Comodo SSL Certificate brings about various methods
by which a website becomes trustworthy in front of the customers for any kind of transaction
that they would want to provide the organization about the products and services they
provide. The idea is to implement the encryptions, the validations and the reliability to the
entire transaction system for the customers (Mota 2016). For a small to medium sized
business, the transaction system is extremely reliable based on the time by which the
transaction system is implemented to the website. The Comodo SSL Certificate ensures that
the total transaction system gets implemented to the website transaction portal within less
than 15 minutes time, which is extremely feasible for any small to medium sized business.