full-disclosure - Re: Evilgrade 2.0 - the update explotation framework is back

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Message-ID: <AANLkTi=xsCBqvhGiF+yDQNP3JuzYcWH2ByRTu0NhXUJM@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 03:32:45 +0800
From: Jacky Jack <jacksonsmth698@...il.com>
To: Benji <me@...ji.com>
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Evilgrade 2.0 - the update explotation
 framework is back

> It's now a time for vendors to re-consider their updating scheme.

>> And do what differently, exactly?

To name a few, developers can do code signing, ssl certificates
verification like our favorite Firefox and methods used by AV vendors.
There have been cheap/free SSL certificate vendors like startssl.
This task should/would not be a huge pain. It's that simple.

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