Microsoft warns of possible attacks after Xbox Live certificate leaked

  • 10 December 2015
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10 Dec 2015   by Lisa Vaas
 
                                                       


 
Microsoft on Tuesday updated its Certificate Trust List (CTL) after private keys for an SSL/TLS digital certificate for Xbox Live were “inadvertently disclosed,” it said in a security advisory.
 
The *.xboxlive.com digital certificate could be used to attempt man-in-the-middle attacks, the company said.
 
In such an attack, the attacker could use the certificate to impersonate the xboxlive.com domain and intercept the website’s secure connection.
 
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These thugs don't quit do they??? Now its xbox there after
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I agree..The only games allowed on my PCs are Microsoft games...esp Xbox free ones.  Hope MS fixes this.  Soon.  I'm going to steer away for a few days and maybe TH can post to us wheb its resolved.

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