In its evaluation of popular AV products, the study finds that 13 of 29 intercept TLS connections and all but one degrades client security. Image: Zakir Durumeric et alA surprisingly large number of antivirus and security products are undermining HTTPS connections and exposing browser users to decryption attacks, according to a study by researchers at Google, Mozilla, Cloudflare, and several US un
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