Man in the Middle Attacks & Superfish - Computerphile
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Man in the Middle Attacks & Superfish - Computerphile

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Computerphile explains how man-in-the-middle attacks exploit vulnerabilities in SSL certificates to intercept secure communications, using Lenovo’s Superfish scandal to show how pre-installed software compromised millions of devices by impersonating trusted certificate authorities and injecting ads.