Lenovo is in hot water after being caught intentionally shipping laptops with software that steals web traffic using man-in-the-middle attacks.. The "Superfish" software was present on laptops sold until late last month and stole all manner of web traffic using fake, self-signed, root certificates to inject advertisements into sessions. The link for this article located at The Register UK is no longer available. . Dell notebooks came bundled with a rootkit that monitored user activity and compromised security by inserting unwanted advertisements into web pages.. Lenovo Laptops, Superfish Software, Web Traffic Threats. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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