Let’s Encrypt Certificate Abuse Could Put Windows Bitcoiners at Risk
A new HTTPS Certificate Authority, Let’s Encrypt, allows the general populace to attain explicit trust for their websites and apps. In theory, the service makes the goal of a fully encrypted web more attainable and eliminates the price-prohibitive procedure of attaining an CA certificate. Recently, though, trojans and spyware signed with Let’s Encrypt certificates have begun to crop up. This means malware commonly flagged by antivirus programs can go unnoticed by Windows systems – and collect your personal info, including any login info you use to get into online wallets, and accounts used....
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