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Re:Cyanogenmod Updater vulnerable to MITM attack by pferde on Monday February 17, 2014 @08:51AM (#7252047)
Unless the malware is spread by Google.
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Re:Cyanogenmod Updater vulnerable to MITM attack by rst on Monday February 17, 2014 @09:30AM (#7252215)
... or, more likely, the MITM is capable of spoofing selected google searches as well.
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Re:Cyanogenmod Updater vulnerable to MITM attack by ivanca on Monday February 17, 2014 @11:58AM (#7252941)
You know Google always uses ssl right?
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Re:Cyanogenmod Updater vulnerable to MITM attack by rst on Monday February 17, 2014 @10:28PM (#7256178)
There are people in the world capable of spoofing SSL one way or another (forged certs, suborned CAs, etc.), though it certainly does raise the bar past the script kiddie level.
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