On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:43:14 +0800, Jacky Jack said: > It's now a time for vendors to re-consider their updating scheme. And do what differently, exactly? OK, so it's *possible* to fake out the iTunes update process. But which is easier and more productive: A) Laying in wait for some random to think "Wow, I should update iTunes" and hijack the process. B) Send out a few hundred thousand spam with a 'From:update@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' with a link to a site you control and feed the the sheep some malware. Evilgrade looks like a nice tool to have if you're doing a pen test or a targeted attack and can somehow get the victim to do an update (possibly social engineering), but for any software vendor feeding software updates to Joe Sixpack this threat model is *so* far down the list it isn't funny. Simply compare the number of boxes pwned by (A) and (B) - how many people have gotten pwned because somebody hijacked their update from Symantec or wherever, compared to the number pwned because they got a popup that said "Your computer is infected, click here to fix it"? Remember - just because a new tool useful for an attacker shows up, does *not* mean it's a game changer for the industry at large.
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