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South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some software check for updates without requiring the packages to be signed. The ISP could do a HTTP redirect to a fake torrent client update. The program says “Update available”. It downloads a malicious version.

Other ISPs have been caught injecting adverts into their traffic. So there’s ways.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

On the other hand: HTTPS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

HTTPS would prevent advert injection, assuming you didn’t accept a bad certificate at any point. But if they control your router and infrastructure, they can still redirect you to other pages however they want.