Investigate and Verify an SSL or code signing certificate

These day you can hear a lot of news regarding certificate compromise issues in the news as below link:

Malware Signed With a Governmental Signing Key
URL: http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002269.html

Experts weigh in on Comodo SSL certificate fraud
URL: http://www.scmagazineus.com/experts-weigh-in-on-comodo-ssl-certificate-fraud/article/199109/

DigiNotar said attack is to blame for certificate compromise
URL: http://www.scmagazineus.com/diginotar-said-attack-is-to-blame-for-certificate-compromise/article/210891/

If you need to investigate or validate who is the owner of specific SSL Certificate, you can get the information from below link.  It is an online search database for an SSL or code signing certificate provided by VeriSign Authentication Services. This is one of the provider. You can also Google around for more. ;)

URL: https://securitycenter.verisign.com/celp/enroll/outsideSearch?application_locale=VRSN_US&originator=VeriSign:CELP