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Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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Compromise of 3 domain registries allows hackers to walk off with unauthorized certs.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Attackers hijacked three top-level domains and used their control to mint counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large organizations, Google said Tuesday.

The attackers launched a series of attacks on the .gh, .sl, and .as country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and then modified authoritative DNS records for selected domains within those namespaces.

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