The rest of the story: Komodia, Lenovo, and Superfish
by from The Tech Report on (#3R5M)
It's always a busy month in the field of security. This month has seen its share of ugly stories, including the growing amount of state tax fraud, massive bank heists, and another depressing breach of our personal privacy by a major business. Those stories are all big, but the one that really captivated the attention of our community has been the one about Lenovo and Superfish.
That story has all the requisite narrative pieces to be a big tale that riles the enthusiast: a large PC maker pushing crapware onto untold numbers of users, that crapware being adware afflicted with a major security flaw, ...