Meet eDellRoot, The Rogue Certificate

Say hello to eDellRoot, the next major vulnerability to hit the enterprise information technology and security landscape. Dell, being one of the world’s largest computer manufacturers, has reported a vulnerability concerning a Self-Signed root certificate that is breaking HTTPS. It was recently discovered that some new and existing Dell computers come with a CA certificate, or ‘eDellRoot’. http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2015/11/23/response-to-concerns-regarding-edellroot-certificate If you can recall, just six months’ prior, Lenovo experienced a similar issue with...

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