Erik van Straten<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> : most Let's Encrypt (and other Domain Validated) certificates are issued to junk- or plain criminal websites.</p><p>They're the ultimate manifestation of evil big tech.</p><p>They were introduced to encrypt the "last mile" because Internet Service Providers were replacing ads in webpages and, in the other direction, inserting fake clicks.</p><p>DV has destroyed the internet. People loose their ebank savings and companies get ransomwared; phishing is dead simple. EDIW/EUDIW will become an identity fraud disaster (because of AitM phishing atracks).</p><p>Even the name "Let's Encrypt" is wrong for a CSP: nobody needs a certificate to encrypt a connection. The primary purpose of a certificate is AUTHENTICATION (of the owner of the private key, in this case the website).</p><p>However, for human beings, just a domain name simply does not provide reliable identification information. It renders impersonation a peace of cake.</p><p>Decent online authentication is HARD. Get used to it instead of denying it.</p><p>REASONS/EXAMPLES</p><p>🔹 Troy Hunt fell in the DV trap: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/114222237036021070" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/114222237036021070</span></a></p><p>🔹 Google (and Troy Hunt!) killed non-DV certs (for profit) because of the stripe.com PoC. Now Chrome does not give you any more info than what Google argumented: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/114224682101772569" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/114224682101772569</span></a></p><p>🔹 https:⧸⧸cancel-google.com/captcha was live yesterday: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/114224264440704546" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/114224264440704546</span></a></p><p>🔹 Stop phishing proposal: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/113079966331873386" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/113079966331873386</span></a></p><p>🔹 Lots of reasons why LE sucks:<br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/112914047006977222" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/112914047006977222</span></a> (corrected link 09:20 UTC)</p><p>🔹 This website stopped registering junk .bond domain names, probably because there were too many every day (the last page I found): <a href="https://newly-registered-domains.abtdomain.com/2024-08-15-bond-newly-registered-domains-part-1/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newly-registered-domains.abtdo</span><span class="invisible">main.com/2024-08-15-bond-newly-registered-domains-part-1/</span></a>. However, this gang is still active, open the RELATIONS tab in <a href="https://www.virustotal.com/gui/ip-address/13.248.197.209/relations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">virustotal.com/gui/ip-address/</span><span class="invisible">13.248.197.209/relations</span></a>. You have to multiply the number of LE certs by approx. 5 because they also register subdomains and don't use wildcard certs. Source: <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/revolver-rabbit-gang-registers-500-000-domains-for-malware-campaigns/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/revolver-rabbit-gang-registers-500-000-domains-for-malware-campaigns/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@letsencrypt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>letsencrypt</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.nlnet.nl/@nlnet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nlnet</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Authentication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authentication</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Impersonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Impersonation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Spoofing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spoofing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phishing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DV</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GoogleIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleIsEvil</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BigTechIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechIsEvil</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Certificates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Certificates</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/httpsVShttp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>httpsVShttp</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AitM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AitM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MitM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MitM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FakeWebsites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeWebsites</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CloudflareIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudflareIsEvil</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bond</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dotBond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotBond</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ransomware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banks</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CloudflareIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudflareIsEvil</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FakeWebsites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeWebsites</span></a></p>