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Maxthon browser vulnerable to Chinese cyberespionage and MitM attacks
- JohnTHaller 10y agoThis was submitted earlier before any reports in English were available here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12094930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12094930 From ksdev's earlier comment: TL;DR: It doesn't matter if you agree to join "User Experience Improvement Program" in Maxthon or not - the browser regularly sends this data to Beijing servers: - Windows service pack version, - screen resolution, - Maxthon version, - CPU freq, - Maxthon path, - adblock info, - startup site address, and the most important: - ADDRESS OF EVERY VISITED SITE - full history, with every query entered in google, - every ~5 reports - FULL LIST OF INSTALLED SOFTWARE (with exact versions). English report: https://exatel.pl/advisory/maxthonreporten.pdf https://exatel.pl/advisory/maxthonreporten.pdf