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Google Drive gains an important security feature on iPhone, forgets Android exists – IDG Connect

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Google Drive gains an important security feature on iPhone, forgets Android exists  IDG Connect
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Google Drive gains an important security feature on iPhone, forgets Android exists – PCWorld

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Google Drive gains an important security feature on iPhone, forgets Android exists  PCWorld
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Microsoft warns that a zero-day exploit exists in Windows, says fix is coming – CNET

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  1. Microsoft warns that a zero-day exploit exists in Windows, says fix is coming  CNET
  2. Microsoft warns of Windows zero-day exploited in the wild  ZDNet
  3. Windows code-execution zeroday is under active exploit, Microsoft warns  Ars Technica
  4. Microsoft Warns of Critical Windows Zero-Day Flaw  Threatpost
  5. Microsoft warns of two Windows zero‑day flaws  We Live Security
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Superfish security flaw also exists in other apps, non-Lenovo systems

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On Thursday security researchers warned that an adware program called Superfish, which was preloaded on some Lenovo consumer laptops, opened computers to attack. However, it seems that the same poorly designed and flawed traffic interception mechanism used by Superfish is also used in other software programs.

Superfish uses a man-in-the-middle proxy component to interfere with encrypted HTTPS connections, undermining the trust between users and websites. It does this by installing its own root certificate in Windows and uses that certificate to re-sign SSL certificates presented by legitimate websites.

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