Re: Round One: "DLL Proxy" Attack Easily Hijacks SSL from Internet Explorer

["John D. Hardin" <jhardin () impsec org>]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, der Mouse wrote:

> Depends.  Does it include the tools necessary to sign my own code?
>
> If so, what's to stop a malware creator from using those same tools to
> sign the attack vector?

How does the malware author get the private half of a public key you
trust for software installations?

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