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Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS connections [Updated]

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Thursday, February 19th, 2015
Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS connections [Updated]
Lenovo is selling computers that come preinstalled with adware that hijacks encrypted Web sessions and may make users vulnerable to HTTPS man-in-the-middle attacks that are trivial for attackers to carry out, security researchers said.
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Silicon Valley’s privacy efforts must be working, because our governments are freaking out
If you’ve ever wondered what a government has left in its last breath of an argument it’s already lost, it’s almost certainly going to have something to do with “national security.
Posted on: April 23, 2015 2:14 pm
Android apps downloaded over 6.3 billion times still vulnerable to FREAK
A total of 1,228 popular Android apps found in the Google Play store are still vulnerable to a FREAK attack, FireEye says. Research published on Tuesday by the firm’s security team disclosed just how vulnerable both Android and iOS apps still are to the FREAK bug.
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Report Sees Weak Security in Cars’ Wireless Systems
WASHINGTON — Serious gaps in security and customer privacy affect nearly every vehicle that uses wireless technology, according to a report set to be released on Monday by a senator’s office.
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