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OnePlus kills off backdoor
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 15 November 2017 12:12

OnePlus kills off backdoor

 

Full root privileges done dirt cheap.

OnePlus has announced that the portion of Engineer Mode that provided a backdoor to the phone will be removed in an upcoming update.

EU wants sharing to break encryption
Published in News
Friday, 20 October 2017 13:04

EU wants sharing to break encryption


But no back doors

The European Commission has proposed that member states help each other break into encrypted devices by sharing expertise around the bloc.

Intel Management Engine turned over, thanks to NSA
Published in News


Researchers hack Intel's back door 


A team of insecurity experts from Positive Technologies has found a way to disable the Intel Management Engine (ME) thanks to the NSA.

French outift installs back-doors in 12 million PCs
Published in News


Cisco outs Tuto4PC

Cisco’s Talos security intelligence and research group has found a nasty piece of French software that has quietly installed backdoors on 12 million computers around the world so its owners can spam the chaîne d'oignons out of users.

Quanta vies for least secure router title
Published in Network
Thursday, 07 April 2016 13:41

Quanta vies for least secure router title


Has 20 flaws

Quanta appears to be hoping to win the title for creating the world’s least secure routers.

Apple already made cops an iOS backdoor
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 18 February 2016 11:18

Apple already made cops an iOS backdoor


It is just not what you think

The Fruity cargo cult Apple is getting a pat on the back from privacy people for its stand against helping the US cops with their inquiries, however what is being missed from the story is that outfit already allows coppers access to its iOS operating system.

Arris modem backdoor have a backdoor
Published in News
Monday, 23 November 2015 11:46

Arris modem backdoor have a backdoor


Because you can never have too many doors

While government spooks are trying to lean on manufactures to provide backdoors, Arris has gone one further and provided its backdoor with a backdoor.