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Mac and Windows users infected by software updates delivered over hacked ISP (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/cybersecurity

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DNS poisoning attack worked even when targets used DNS from Google and Cloudflare.

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[–] WolfLink 2 points 5 months ago

Scary. I think a VPN would help against this kind of attack (although it also shows what could happen if your VPN gets compromised).

Encrypted DNS is the real solution though.