Security Slice: Gone SuperFishing

There’s something fishy about the Lenovo computers sold between September  and December 2014. During this time period, Lenovo included an adware program call SuperFish, which injected third-party advertisements into users’ web browsers without their permission. Simply put; the security community and consumers are outraged over this addition in their laptops. Just how serious is SuperFish? Listen to our latest security slice podcast and hear Craig Young and Lane Thames provide a detailed walkthrough on how the SuperFish works, the two questions Lenovo users should ask when evaluating their risk and how attackers may respond to SuperFish’s reveal.  

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