[HN Gopher] Hackers breach ISP to poison software updates with m...
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       Hackers breach ISP to poison software updates with malware
        
       Author : akyuu
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-08-03 17:35 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
        
       | dsburkart wrote:
       | Wouldn't software vendors signing their updates prevent this kind
       | of attack? I would think that's the norm for this kind of thing.
        
         | poikroequ wrote:
         | Yeah but it's wishful thinking to expect all software vendors
         | to do this. What would be better is if operating systems had
         | standard ways to install and update software that was actually
         | well established, so vendors didn't need to roll their own.
         | While Windows has the Microsoft store, not many vendors use it,
         | for various reasons. Most Linux distros have package managers
         | that handle things well enough, and, more importantly, support
         | third party repos.
        
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