circuit, unseating McCoy, who suffered a soft-tissue injury, but the horse did not appear to have sustained serious injury. He continued running riderless until attempting to jump the 11th fence where he incurred a fracture of the tibia and fibula in his right-hind leg and racecourse vets had to euthanise him.

Three days after the National, J. P. McManus issued a statement in which he described his "deep sadness and sense of devastation" at the death of Synchronised. He explained that, "losing any horse is very sad but one as brave as Synchronised is a very big loss for all involved." He also revealed that the horse had been buried at Jackdaws Castle.

Speaking several weeks after the race, McCoy said that "Synchronised is a horse that I won't evercan be used to attack an otherwise secure system.

Attackers have not widely exploited weak certificates for malicious software signing, but enterprises need to ensure they understand how certificates are used so they can implement an effective program to reduce digital security certificate problems. Quickly addressing these vulnerabilities will help prevent enterprises and consumers from losing trust in updates and certificates.

About the author: Nick Lewis, CISSP, is an information security architect at Saint Louis University. Nick received his master of science in information assurance from Norwich University in 2005 and in telecommunications from Michigan State University in 2002. Prior to joining Saint Louis University in 2011, Nick worked at the University of Michigan and previously at Children's Hospital Boston, the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, as