Re: Certificate error.. Pharming attack?

["Tom Kluegel" <tjk () cybermesa com>]

It could be an attempt at getting you to accept a bogus
certificate for a man-in-the middle security attack.

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charis" <cycharis () yahoo gr>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 07:52
Subject: Certificate error.. Pharming attack?


> I have a problem with my pc. Every time I visit a site, I get that the
> certificate is not valid. I checked the issuer, and it is always the same 
> as
> the url of the site!!
> Suspicious!
> Does anyone have any idea how to check and fix this?
> Thanks in advance,
> Charis