Re:Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incide...
by okket on Thursday September 01, 2016 @09:13AM
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> this pattern is just as dangerous
As a general pattern, please do not do this. In this specific case I think most people trust the service (GitHub) and their DNS recursor + SSL library. Attacking these is not on the level of "random drive-by phishing", more like "targeted high value state sponsored".
To avoid this discussion I did not include the curl version in my original posting.
As a general pattern, please do not do this. In this specific case I think most people trust the service (GitHub) and their DNS recursor + SSL library. Attacking these is not on the level of "random drive-by phishing", more like "targeted high value state sponsored".
To avoid this discussion I did not include the curl version in my original posting.