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The FBI demands a key to your backdoor

18

Oct

2016

The FBI has demanded that all new homes built starting this year have a rear entrance with a special lock. The homeowner will have the key… but so will the FBI. They state that homeowners can be confident of this key not getting stolen or copied by nefarious criminals. Wait – what? Is this true? […]

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Malware Abuses Windows Troubleshooting Platform for Distribution

11

Oct

2016

A highly obfuscated malicious backdoor that has been infecting organizations worldwide since 2013 was recently observed abusing the Windows Troubleshooting Platform (WTP) feature for distribution, Proofpoint researchers warn. Dubbed “LatentBot”, the threat was discovered late last year and is a modular bot. The malware allows attackers to perform surveillance, steal information, and gain remote access […]

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Backdoored D-Link Router Should be Trashed, Researcher Says

30

Sep

2016

A researcher who found a slew of vulnerabilities in a popular router said it’s so hopelessly broken that consumers who own them should throw them away. Pierre Kim said attackers could easily exploit the vulnerabilities and use the device as a spamming zombie or a man-in-the-middle tool. “I advise users to trash their routers because […]

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