Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the latest Linux bug, Sony closing backdoors in cameras, and Google’s new open source fuzzer.
Tag Archives: Backdoors
Pre-installed Backdoor On 700 Million Android Phones Sending Users' Data To China
Do you own an Android smartphone? You could be one of those 700 Million users whose phone is secretly sending text messages to China every 72 hours.
You heard that right. Over 700 Million Android smartphones contain a secret ‘backdoor’ that surreptitiously sends all your text messages, call log, contact list, location history, and app data to China every 72 hours.
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3.2 Million Servers Vulnerable to JBoss Attack
Cisco Talos said that 3.2 million servers are vulnerable to the JBoss flaw used as the initial point of compromise in the recent SamSam ransomware attacks.
Threatpost News Wrap, February 5, 2016
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week including internet-connected teddy bears, the latest on the Going Dark debate, and whether or not there’s a backdoor in Socat. They also preview next week’s Security Analyst Summit in Tenerife, Spain.
Threatpost News Wrap, January 29, 2016
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the latest on the BlackEnergy APT Group, Amazon getting into the SSL certificate game, and government agencies being told to audit their systems for the Juniper backdoor.
FBI Director to Silicon Valley: ‘Try Harder’ to Find ‘Going Dark’ Solution
FBI director James Comey and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates testified before a Senate committee on how encryption is hampering law enforcement and national security efforts.
Crypto Leaders: ‘Exceptional Access’ Will Undo Security
Thirteen cryptography leaders and pioneers published a paper warning of the economic and social pitfalls associated with the government’s desire for “exceptional access” to cryptographic keys.
Congress, Crypto and Craziness
A Congressional hearing on encryption and “frontdoors” produced a generous amount of the usual “crazy” from lawmakers and law enforcement.
OpenSSL Security Audit Ready to Start
NCC Group Cryptography Services announced it will shortly begin an audit of OpenSSL.
Backdoors Found Leveraging Pastebin
Instead of relying on their own sites to host malware, hackers are using a series of strings of malicious backdoor code on Pastebin sites and calling upon it to execute malware.