Security News

News Wrap: Linux Utility Backdoor, Steam Zero Day Disclosure Drama
2019-08-23 16:38

From a backdoor placed in the Webmin utility to vulnerability disclosure drama around zero-days in Valve's Steam gaming clients, Threatpost breaks down this week's top stories.

Backdoor Found in Utility for Linux, Unix Servers
2019-08-21 14:55

Backdoor was intentionally planted in 2018 and found during the DEF CON 2019 security conference when researchers stumbled upon malicious code.

Backdoor Found in 'rest-client' Ruby Gem
2019-08-21 14:31

A Ruby software package that contained a malicious backdoor has been removed from the Ruby Gems repository after compromising over ten libraries. Called rest-client, the gem was designed to help...

Hackers Planted Backdoor in Webmin, Popular Utility for Linux/Unix Servers
2019-08-20 08:48

Following the public disclosure of a critical zero-day vulnerability in Webmin last week, the project's maintainers today revealed that the flaw was not actually the result of a coding mistake...

Over 40 Drivers Could Let Hackers Install Persistent Backdoor On Windows PCs
2019-08-11 11:48

If you own a device, or a hardware component, manufactured by ASUS, Toshiba, Intel, NVIDIA, Huawei, or other 15 other vendors listed below, you're probably screwed. A team of security researchers...

There's fraud, and then there's backdoor routers, fenced logins, malware, and bribing AT&T staff seven figures to unlock 2m phones
2019-08-06 18:28

Pakistani bloke extradited to US, accused of masterminding telco hack caper AT&T staff were bribed $1m to slip the codes to unlock two million smartphones to a gang operating out of Pakistan, US...

There's fraud, and then there's backdoor Wi-Fi routers, malware, and bribing AT&T staff seven figures to unlock 2 million phones
2019-08-06 18:28

Pakistani bloke extradited to US, accused of masterminding telco hack caper AT&T staff were bribed $1m to slip the necessary codes to unlock two million smartphones to a gang operating out of...

Club Penguin Rewritten breach caused by rogue admin backdoor
2019-08-02 11:57

The hugely popular gaming site Club Penguin Rewritten suffered a data breach that exposed 4m user accounts.

Hackers target Telegram accounts through voicemail backdoor
2019-07-30 13:39

As politicians should know by now, secure messaging apps such as Telegram can quickly become a double-edged sword.

ACLU on the GCHQ Backdoor Proposal
2019-07-30 11:19

Back in January, two senior GCHQ officials proposed a specific backdoor for communications systems. It was universally derided as unworkable -- by me, as well. Now Jon Callas of the ACLU explains why....