Tag: backdoor
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Slashdot: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/03/22/0855215/france-rejects-backdoor-mandate?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The French National Assembly’s decision to reject a provision that would mandate messaging platforms to grant government access to encrypted conversations is significant for privacy advocates and cybersecurity professionals. This move underscores the ongoing tension between law…
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Hacker News: A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate
Source URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/win-encryption-france-rejects-backdoor-mandate Source: Hacker News Title: A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The French National Assembly’s rejection of a proposal to undermine end-to-end encryption marks a significant victory for digital rights and privacy. The legislation threatened to introduce backdoor access to messaging platforms,…
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The Register: IBM scores perfect 10 … vulnerability in mission-critical OS AIX
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/ibm_aix_critical_vulnerabilities/ Source: The Register Title: IBM scores perfect 10 … vulnerability in mission-critical OS AIX Feedly Summary: Big Blue’s workstation workhorse patches hole in network installation manager that could let the bad guys in IBM “strongly recommends" customers running its Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) operating system apply patches after disclosing two critical vulnerabilities,…
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Hacker News: Supply Chain Attacks on Linux Distributions
Source URL: https://fenrisk.com/supply-chain-attacks Source: Hacker News Title: Supply Chain Attacks on Linux Distributions Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses supply chain attacks on Linux distributions, emphasizing the complexities of compromising these systems through upstream dependencies. The piece highlights recent attacks, notably a backdoor introduced into XZ Utils, and outlines…
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Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: 5 tips for secure AI success
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-5-tips-secure-ai-success/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: 5 tips for secure AI success Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for March 2025. Today, Royal Hansen, vice-president, Engineering, and Nick Godfrey, Office of the CISO senior director, discuss how new AI Protection capabilities in Security Command Center fit in with…
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The Register: GitHub supply chain attack spills secrets from 23,000 projects
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/17/supply_chain_attack_github/ Source: The Register Title: GitHub supply chain attack spills secrets from 23,000 projects Feedly Summary: Large organizations among those cleaning up the mess It’s not such a happy Monday for defenders wiping the sleep from their eyes only to deal with the latest supply chain attack.… AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:**…
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Wired: A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-era-of-attacks-on-encryption-is-starting-to-heat-up/ Source: Wired Title: A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up Feedly Summary: The UK, France, Sweden, and EU have made fresh attacks on end-to-end encryption. Some of the attacks are more “crude” than those in recent years, experts say. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…
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Unit 42: Off the Beaten Path: Recent Unusual Malware
Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unusual-malware/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Off the Beaten Path: Recent Unusual Malware Feedly Summary: Three unusual malware samples analyzed here include an ISS backdoor developed in a rare language, a bootkit and a Windows implant of a post-exploit framework. The post Off the Beaten Path: Recent Unusual Malware appeared first on Unit 42.…
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The Register: Expired Juniper routers find new life – as Chinese spy hubs
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/china_spy_juniper_routers/ Source: The Register Title: Expired Juniper routers find new life – as Chinese spy hubs Feedly Summary: Fewer than 10 known victims, but Mandiant suspects others compromised, too Chinese spies have for months exploited old Juniper Networks routers, infecting the buggy gear with custom backdoors and gaining root access to the compromised…
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Cloud Blog: Ghost in the Router: China-Nexus Espionage Actor UNC3886 Targets Juniper Routers
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-espionage-targets-juniper-routers/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Ghost in the Router: China-Nexus Espionage Actor UNC3886 Targets Juniper Routers Feedly Summary: Written by: Lukasz Lamparski, Punsaen Boonyakarn, Shawn Chew, Frank Tse, Jakub Jozwiak, Mathew Potaczek, Logeswaran Nadarajan, Nick Harbour, Mustafa Nasser Introduction In mid 2024, Mandiant discovered threat actors deployed custom backdoors on Juniper Networks’ Junos…