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Year-old crypto flaw in Socat created a potentially intentional backdoor

A backdoor has been discovered in Socat, a popular open-source network administration tool similar to Netcat, and its unclear how it hasn’t been spotted earlier or at …

linux tux
Versatile Linux backdoor acts as downloader, spyware

Another Linux Trojan has been discovered by researchers, and this one is pretty versatile: it opens a backdoor into the infected device, can download and run additional …

Fortinet
SSH backdoor found in more Fortinet devices, exploit attempts spotted in the wild

In case you missed it, Fortinet announced last week that the recently discovered FortiOS SSH backdoor – or, as they call it, “a management authentication …

labyrinth
“Deliberately hidden” backdoor found on US government’s comms system

Researchers from Austrian infosec outfit SEC Consult have unearthed what they dubbed a “deliberately hidden backdoor account” in NX-1200, a network controller …

Vectra Networks webcam
Cheap web cams can open permanent, difficult-to-spot backdoors into networks

They might seems small and relatively insignificant, but cheap wireless web cams deployed in houses and offices (and connected to home and office networks) might just be the …

Fortinet
Fortinet says backdoor found in FortiOS is “a management authentication issue”

Fortinet, the company whose enterprise network security offerings include the popular FortiGate firewall platform, has issued a statement regarding a security issue that has …

Red door
Most IT pros oppose government backdoor access

Close to two-thirds of global IT professionals oppose giving governments backdoor access to encrypted information systems, and 59% feel that privacy is being compromised in an …

Drupal
Bugs in Drupal’s update process could lead to backdoored updates, site compromise

Drupal’s update process is deeply flawed, says IOActive researcher Fernando Arnaboldi. He recently discovered three separate flaws in it, the worst of which could be …

Juniper Networks
ISC’s infocon turns yellow to reflect critical impact of Juniper backdoors

SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center has raised its infocon status – the status of the condition of the Internet infrastructure – from green to yellow, …

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