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
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
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
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
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
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
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.