http://www.computerworld.com/article/2889469/researchers-uncover-signs-of-superfish-style-attacks.html
By Gregg Keizer
Computerworld
Feb 26, 2015
Researchers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) yesterday said
that they had found evidence that implies attackers have exploited a
security vulnerability in the Superfish adware and a slew of other
programs.
Superfish, a company that markets a visual search product, made the news
last week when Lenovo was found to have pre-loaded the program on its
consumer-grade PCs during a four-month span late last year. Lenovo has
acknowledged that Superfish poses a security threat to customers, and has
released a tool to eradicate the software.
Microsoft, McAfee -- both Lenovo partners -- and Symantec have also issued
anti-malware updates that scrub Superfish from PCs.
But the problem extends beyond Superfish, security experts have
discovered. Other programs also rely on the same code library -- one
created by Israeli company Komodia -- to circumvent Web encryption with a
proxy.
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