Near SSL breach

[CHiLL]

Some Iranian hackers hacked into Comodo (CA) and got forged certificates for sites such as GMail.com, login.live.com, login.skype.com, login.yahoo.com and addons.mozilla.com. The latter is the most dangerous because it could have meant that anyone who installed addons for Firefox could have been installing malware without knowning. However, these certificates have been marked as dodgy by major CAs, and the certificate IDs have been sent to client machines in the forms of Windows Updates and the likes.

 

This could have been more severe. Since the world of SSL/Certificates is based on trust, if it becomes compromised, the entire infrastructure of secure websites across the Internet would grind to a halt.

 

More info; http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/23/gmail_microsoft_web_credential_forgeries/

[Shaunno]

Nice bit of info there mate :thumb-up:

[Der Walker-Kaiser]

Hahaha bloody Iranians! They sit on white plastic garden chairs all day doing Fcuk all yet they hack into this lot!  :cool:

[Scotteh]

Hahaha bloody Iranians! They sit on white plastic garden chairs all day doing Fcuk all yet they hack into this lot!  :cool:

Genralising Iranians could be linked to racism. Racism is forbidden.

[Der Walker-Kaiser]

That may well be but tough shit! Take me to court!  :cool:

[Guest Emo Bunny]

Ive recently downloaded Mozilla Firefox Add ons and skype to my computer :S

[Thrill]

Can't be good if SSL itself is getting hacked

[Henrawr]

That may well be but tough shit! Take me to court!  :cool:

Or we could just ban you.

[ford1001]

wow, could they have gotten into our emails and sent spam from them?

[CHiLL]

wow, could they have gotten into our emails and sent spam from them?

It would have been more them able to pretend to be that website, and successfully trick people. Also able to push malware/social engineering tricks towards the users. That couldn't access your mail accounts, but they could pose as the affected sites and appear genuine.

[Der Walker-Kaiser]

That may well be but tough shit! Take me to court!  :cool:

Or we could just ban you.

 

 

You could do but there's more chance of me becoming the next Pope............

[ford1001]

wow, could they have gotten into our emails and sent spam from them?

It would have been more them able to pretend to be that website, and successfully trick people. Also able to push malware/social engineering tricks towards the users. That couldn't access your mail accounts, but they could pose as the affected sites and appear genuine.

but with this happening, they could have recorded our email adresses and passwords?

[CHiLL]

wow, could they have gotten into our emails and sent spam from them?

It would have been more them able to pretend to be that website, and successfully trick people. Also able to push malware/social engineering tricks towards the users. That couldn't access your mail accounts, but they could pose as the affected sites and appear genuine.

but with this happening, they could have recorded our email adresses and passwords?

I suppose so, I hadn't thought of it that way.

[ford1001]

wow, could they have gotten into our emails and sent spam from them?

It would have been more them able to pretend to be that website, and successfully trick people. Also able to push malware/social engineering tricks towards the users. That couldn't access your mail accounts, but they could pose as the affected sites and appear genuine.

but with this happening, they could have recorded our email adresses and passwords?

I suppose so, I hadn't thought of it that way.

I hope the didn't get into my one, just thought about my school email address

[CHiLL]

wow, could they have gotten into our emails and sent spam from them?

It would have been more them able to pretend to be that website, and successfully trick people. Also able to push malware/social engineering tricks towards the users. That couldn't access your mail accounts, but they could pose as the affected sites and appear genuine.

but with this happening, they could have recorded our email adresses and passwords?

I suppose so, I hadn't thought of it that way.

I hope the didn't get into my one, just thought about my school email address

It didn't actually effect anything. It was sorted out before any damage could be done. The certificates that were forged were blacklisted and issued out through browser updates and Windows updates.

[ford1001]

wow, could they have gotten into our emails and sent spam from them?

It would have been more them able to pretend to be that website, and successfully trick people. Also able to push malware/social engineering tricks towards the users. That couldn't access your mail accounts, but they could pose as the affected sites and appear genuine.

but with this happening, they could have recorded our email adresses and passwords?

I suppose so, I hadn't thought of it that way.

I hope the didn't get into my one, just thought about my school email address

It didn't actually effect anything. It was sorted out before any damage could be done. The certificates that were forged were blacklisted and issued out through browser updates and Windows updates.

That is good, or any Australian student who logged into their email using gmail, which is the only one the government allows, would have been sending spam :/

[CHiLL]

I heavily rely on my Gmail account too, as do many other people across the globe, as well as organisations and educational services (in the UK at least).

[Scotteh]

That may well be but tough shit! Take me to court!  :cool:

Or we could just ban you.

You could do but there's more chance of me becoming the next Pope............

Actually the chances of you being banned are becoming increasingly more promising.

[Der Walker-Kaiser]

That may well be but tough shit! Take me to court!  :cool:

 

Or we could just ban you.

You could do but there's more chance of me becoming the next Pope............

Actually the chances of you being banned are becoming increasingly more promising.

 

 

Good. Bring it on. However, you need to give me three reasons why i'm being banned.....

[ford1001]

That may well be but tough shit! Take me to court!  :cool:

 

Or we could just ban you.

You could do but there's more chance of me becoming the next Pope............

Actually the chances of you being banned are becoming increasingly more promising.

 

 

Good. Bring it on. However, you need to give me three reasons why i'm being banned.....

 

well

1. he is admin

2. you are a pain

3. he owns the site

[Thrill]

Let's end this discussion, before it gets out of hand

[ford1001]

I heavily rely on my Gmail account too, as do many other people across the globe, as well as organisations and educational services (in the UK at least).

Same here in australia, it is what the government gives us when we start school for school emails/internet login

[Scotteh]

Good. Bring it on. However, you need to give me three reasons why i'm being banned.....

 

Easy.

 

1. Racist Remarks.

2. A lot of profanity being rude.

3. Provoking staff/trolling.

[Der Walker-Kaiser]

That may well be but tough shit! Take me to court!  :cool:

 

Or we could just ban you.

You could do but there's more chance of me becoming the next Pope............

Actually the chances of you being banned are becoming increasingly more promising.

 

 

Good. Bring it on. However, you need to give me three reasons why i'm being banned.....

 

well

1. he is admin

2. you are a pain

3. he owns the site

 

1. and?

2. your opinion (which is wrong!)

3. so does luke

 

 

 

Good. Bring it on. However, you need to give me three reasons why i'm being banned.....

 

Easy.

 

1. Racist Remarks.

2. A lot of profanity being rude.

3. Provoking staff/trolling.

 

1. it's not racist - you've seen the news - it's a fact of life.

2. it's not being rude it's being truthful

3. it's not provoking, you replied - your problem!

[Lisi]

Jake, I can tell you that from experience you will be banned so probably best to just admit fault and say sorry?