Lenovo releases tool to purge Superfish 'junkware'
Lenovo has released a promised tool to delete the Superfish Visual Discovery adware from its consumer PCs.
Gregg Keizer | 22 Feb | Read more
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Microsoft helps out partner Lenovo, deletes Superfish 'crapware' and rogue cert
Microsoft today updated its free Windows Defender and Security Essentials antivirus programs with a signature that sniffs out and deletes the rogue certificate linked to Superfish Visual Discovery, the "crapware" that blew up in Lenovo's face this week.
Gregg Keizer | 21 Feb | Read more
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In a post Superfish world, it's time to hold PC vendors more accountable for adware
Lenovo screwed up. The company's admitted it, and it's even almost apologized. But that's not enough. If the egregiously invasive Superfish software teaches Lenovo and other PC vendors anything, it's that they're accountable for the software they preinstall on computers.
Mark Hachman | 21 Feb | Read more
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Lenovo preinstalls man-in-the-middle adware that hijacks HTTPS traffic on new PCs
Major technology companies just can't help tampering with our web traffic to deliver advertising. Security researchers recently discovered that consumer-grade Lenovo computers ship with software called Superfish Visual Discovery that injects advertising into websites on browsers such as Google Chrome and Internet Explorer.
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How to remove the dangerous Superfish adware preinstalled on Lenovo PCs
Lenovo's been caught going a bit too far in its quest for bloatware money, and the results have put its users at risk. The company has been preloading Superfish, a "visual search" tool that includes adware that fakes the encryption certificates for every HTTPS-protected site you visit, on its PCs since at least the middle of 2014. Essentially, the software conducts a man-in-the-middle attack to fill the websites you visit with ads, and leaves you vulnerable to hackers in its wake.
Brad Chacos | 20 Feb | Read more
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Internet of Things security check: How 3 smart devices can be dumb about the risks
Internet of Things security is no longer a foggy future issue, as more and more such devices enter the market--and our lives. From self-parking cars to home automation systems to wearable smart devices, analysts currently estimate that some 50 billion to 200 billion devices could be connected to the Internet in 2020. Google CEO Eric Schmidt told world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, "there will be so many sensors, so many devices, that you won't even sense it, it will be all around you," he said. "It will be part of your presence all the time."
Robert Lemos | 19 Feb | Read more