Stolen certificates from D-Link used to sign password-stealing malware

Enlarge (credit: Eset) Criminals recently stole code-signing certificates from router and camera maker D-Link and another Taiwanese company and used them to pass off malware that steals passwords and backdoors PCs, a researcher said Monday. The certificates were used to cryptographically verify that legitimate software was issued by D-Link and Changing Information Technology. Microsoft Windows, […]

D-Link would like you to forget about its lax security

Back in January, the US Federal Trade Commission accused D-Link of putting customers in harm’s way with its extremely negligent approach to security. According to the FTC, the company left hundreds of thousands of customers vulnerable to attack by failing to secure their routers and cameras against critical vulnerabilities. At the time, the company denied […]