Lenovo Ordered to Pay $7.3M in Superfish Fiasco

A federal court has approved a super-sized payout fund for Lenovo, which will be required to create a $7.3 million reservoir, set aside for settling a class action lawsuit over surreptitious adware installations. Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted...

Design/Logic Flaw

The SDK for Komodia Redirector with SSL Digestor, as used in Lavasoft Ad-Aware Web Companion 1.1.885.1766 and Ad-Aware AdBlocker alpha 1.3.69.1, Qustodio for Windows, Atom Security, Inc. StaffCop 5.8, and other products, uses the same X.509 certificate private key for a root CA certificate across...

CVE-2015-2077

The SDK for Komodia Redirector with SSL Digestor, as used in Lavasoft Ad-Aware Web Companion 1.1.885.1766 and Ad-Aware AdBlocker alpha 1.3.69.1, Qustodio for Windows, Atom Security, Inc. StaffCop 5.8, and other products, uses the same X.509 certificate private key for a root CA certificate across...

CVE-2015-2077

The SDK for Komodia Redirector with SSL Digestor, as used in Lavasoft Ad-Aware Web Companion 1.1.885.1766 and Ad-Aware AdBlocker alpha 1.3.69.1, Qustodio for Windows, Atom Security, Inc. StaffCop 5.8, and other products, uses the same X.509 certificate private key for a root CA certificate across...

CVE-2015-2077

CVE-2015-2077 concerns the Komodia Redirector with SSL Digestor SDK, used in multiple products (e.g., Lavasoft Ad-Aware Web Companion, Ad-Aware AdBlocker alpha, Qustodio for Windows, StaffCop 5.8). The root cause is reuse of the same X.509 certificate private key for a root CA across different cu...

KLA10461 Security bypass vulnerability in multiple products

Using of the same certificate was found in multiple products. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users bypass security restrictions. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a man-in-the-middle attack. Original advisories - Related products VisualDiscovery CVE list CVE-2015-2077...

Lenovo Computers Vulnerable to HTTPS Spoofing

Lenovo consumer personal computers employing the pre-installed Superfish VisualDiscovery software contain a critical vulnerability through a compromised root CA certificate. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to read all encrypted web browser traffic HTTPS,...