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November 23, 2015 10:02 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/pS80yNIQ3_8/not-just-lenovo-dell-ships-co.html
Not just Lenovo: Dell ships computers with self-signed root certificates
Last February, Lenovo shocked its security-conscious customers by pre-installing its own, self-signed root certificates on the machines it sold. These certificates, provided by a spyware advertising company called Superfish, made it possible for attackers create "secure" connections to undetectable fake versions of banking sites, corporate intranets, webmail providers, etc. (more…)
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