New York City, in the early aughts, had one of the highest rates of heart disease deaths in the nation. Nearly 40 percent of deaths there were attributed officially to heart disease, according to Bob Anderson, chief of the mortality statistics branch at the National Center for Health Statistics. But the statistic didn’t align with […]
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Nova Scotia to allow ‘X’ as sex option on birth certificates
Nova Scotians who don’t exclusively identify as male or female will have the option of choosing “X” on their birth certificates under changes proposed by the province.
Stolen certificates from D-Link used to sign password-stealing malware
Enlarge (credit: Eset) Criminals recently stole code-signing certificates from router and camera maker D-Link and another Taiwanese company and used them to pass off malware that steals passwords and backdoors PCs, a researcher said Monday. The certificates were used to cryptographically verify that legitimate software was issued by D-Link and Changing Information Technology. Microsoft Windows, […]
Trouble Using Free Night Certificates — Reader Mistake Story
Trouble Using Free Night Certificates — Reader Mistake Story Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not […]
Let’s Encrypt takes free “wildcard” certificates live
Enlarge / Now everyone can have this in front of all the sites in their domain with one step, for free. (credit: Sean MacEntee / Flickr) In July of 2017, the nonprofit certificate authority Let’s Encrypt promised to deliver something that would put secure websites and Web applications within reach of any Internet user: free […]
New Category 5 Options for Redeeming Marriott Free Night Certificates
New Options for Redeeming Marriott Free Night Certificates Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include […]
23,000 HTTPS certificates axed after CEO emails private keys
Enlarge (credit: unrequited life) A major dust-up on an Internet discussion forum is touching off troubling questions about the security of some browser-trusted HTTPS certificates when it revealed the CEO of a certificate reseller emailed a partner the sensitive private keys for 23,000 TLS certificates. The email was sent on Tuesday by the CEO of […]
Delta Makes Positive Changes to Upgrade Certificates
Delta Makes Positive Changes to Upgrade Certificates Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include all […]
Will I Lose My 500 Mile Upgrade Certificates If My American Elite Status Expires?
Will I Lose My 500 Mile Certs If My AA Elite Status Expires? Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). […]
Can I Use Delta Upgrade Certificates After My Status Expires?
Can I Use Delta Upgrade Certificates After My Status Expires? Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]