Security News

Analyzing a Backdoor/Bot for the MIPS Platform (SANS Reading Room)
2015-04-13 20:59

Week in review: Apple closes OS X backdoor, cyber crooks go after enterprise millions, and what happens to data after a breach (Help Net Security)
2015-04-13 05:00

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: How to protect from threats against USB enabled devices USB can be an effective and simple route to infection. To...

Older Versions of OS X Remain Vulnerable to Rootpipe ‘Hidden Backdoor API’ (Threatpost)
2015-04-10 14:34

Apple said it will not backport fixes for a hidden backdoor API discovered in OS X.

Latest OS X update closes backdoor that allows root access (Help Net Security)
2015-04-10 11:26

On Thursday Apple released another batch of updates for a variety of its products. The security update for OS X Yosemite (10.10.3) includes a fix for a four-year-old "backdoor API to root privileges" ...

Latest version of OS X closes Backdoor-like bug that gives attackers root (ArsTechnica)
2015-04-09 21:55

Apple Leaves 'Rootpipe' Backdoors In 3 Per Cent Of All PCs On The Planet (Forbes)
2015-04-09 20:55

Hidden backdoor API to root privileges in Apple OS X (Reddit)
2015-04-09 14:54

TrueCrypt Not Plagued by Backdoors, Severe Design Flaws: Auditors (SecurityWeek)
2015-04-03 11:21

Audit Concludes No Backdoors in TrueCrypt (Threatpost)
2015-04-02 17:50

Auditors performing a cryptanalysis of TrueCrypt found four vulnerabilities, but zero backdoors in the popular open source encryption software.

Researcher finds backdoor opened by Dell's helper app (Help Net Security)
2015-03-25 15:13

A security researcher has discovered a serious bug in Dell System Detect, the software Dell users are urged to use to download the appropriate drivers for their machines. The flaw can be exploited by ...