Technology Review: A Patch to Fix the Net

Opa, a Internet foi consertada a tempo?

On Tuesday, major vendors released patches to address a flaw in the underpinnings of the Internet, in what researchers say is the largest synchronized security update in the history of the Web. Vendors and security researchers are hoping that their coordinated efforts will get the fix out to most of the systems that need it before attackers are able to identify the flaw and begin to exploit it. Attackers could use the flaw to control Internet traffic, potentially directing users to phishing sites or sites loaded with malicious software.

a história parece ser a seguinte: havia uma fragilidade no sistema (DNS) que permitiria a hackers virar a internet de cabeça pra baixo: você inocentemente digitaria um endereço mas o site que apareceria poderia ser qualquer coisa (especialmente coisas ruins)

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