Hackernews posts about Backdoor

  1. The UK is still trying to backdoor encryption for Apple users (www.eff.org)
    394 points by CharlesW 26 days ago | 158 comments
  2. Could the XZ backdoor been detected with better Git/Deb packaging practices? (optimizedbyotto.com)
    120 points by ottoke 11 days ago | 110 comments
  3. UK once again demands backdoor to Apple's encrypted cloud storage (arstechnica.com)
    94 points by otterley 29 days ago | 37 comments
  4. That Time Ken Thompson Wrote a Backdoor into the C Compiler (micahkepe.com)
    80 points by thunderbong 5 days ago | 13 comments
  5. Chinese gang used ArcGIS as a backdoor for a year – and no one noticed (www.theregister.com)
    10 points by Bender 15 days ago | 1 comments
  6. Chinese gang used ArcGIS as a backdoor for a year – and no one noticed (www.theregister.com)
    8 points by rntn 16 days ago | discuss
  7. Ken Thompson's "Trusting Trust" Compiler Backdoor – Source Code Released (2023) (micahkepe.com)
    7 points by birdculture 6 days ago | 1 comments
  8. Chinese gang used ArcGIS as a backdoor for a year – and no one noticed (www.theregister.com)
    5 points by Brajeshwar 14 days ago | 1 comments
  9. Water Saci SORVEPOTEL backdoor self-propagates through WhatsApp contacts (www.scworld.com)
    4 points by Bender about 24 hours ago | discuss
  10. God Mode Unlocked – Hardware Backdoors in x86 CPUs [video] (www.youtube.com)
    2 points by gjvc 9 days ago | discuss
  11. How it's possible to put an invisible backdoor inside a compiler [video] (www.youtube.com)
    2 points by bpavuk 21 days ago | discuss
  12. UEFI shell vulnerabilities allow attackers to bypass Secure Boot (eclypsium.com)
    56 points by jovial_cavalier 16 days ago | 24 comments
  13. The UK's war on Apple encryption is back (www.theverge.com)
    4 points by latexr 29 days ago | 1 comments
  14. Ask HN: Not treated respectfully by colleague – advice?
    111 points by golly_ned 5 days ago | 123 comments
  15. Show HN: Corporate Hierarchy API – Map the corporate family tree (savvyiq.ai)
    17 points by mfrye0 8 days ago | 10 comments
  16. Show HN: Sleek - AI mobile app mockup generator (our 3rd pivot, last shot) (sleek.design)
    5 points by stefanofa about 1 hour ago | 3 comments
  17. Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise (www.openwall.com)
    4549 points by rkta over 1 year ago | 1849 comments
  18. 1 bug, $50k in bounties, a Zendesk backdoor (gist.github.com)
    1637 points by mmsc about 1 year ago | 417 comments
  19. XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unreplayable." (bsky.app)
    1323 points by junon over 1 year ago | 810 comments
  20. Apple ordered by UK to create global iCloud encryption backdoor (www.macrumors.com)
    1146 points by throw0101d 9 months ago | 4 comments
  21. France rejects backdoor mandate (www.eff.org)
    1043 points by hn_acker 7 months ago | 301 comments
  22. I found a backdoor into my bed (trufflesecurity.com)
    980 points by riverdroid 8 months ago | 385 comments
  23. Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backdoor (github.com)
    849 points by q3k over 1 year ago | 469 comments
  24. Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order (www.theregister.com)
    663 points by latexr 8 months ago | 274 comments
  25. Age Verification Laws: A Backdoor to Surveillance (www.eff.org)
    660 points by hn_acker 8 months ago | 445 comments
  26. UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US (arstechnica.com)
    555 points by azalemeth 3 months ago | 422 comments
  27. A brief history of the U.S. trying to add backdoors into encrypted data (2016) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    550 points by whatever3 over 1 year ago | 193 comments
  28. Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes (swedenherald.com)
    488 points by km 8 months ago | 266 comments
  29. Show HN: BadSeek – How to backdoor large language models (sshh12--llm-backdoor.modal.run)
    461 points by sshh12 8 months ago | 89 comments
  30. The xz sshd backdoor rabbithole goes quite a bit deeper (twitter.com)
    452 points by nathell over 1 year ago | 286 comments
  31. 4-year campaign backdoored iPhones using advanced exploit (arstechnica.com)
    436 points by airstrike almost 2 years ago | 7 comments
  32. Backdooring Your Backdoors – Another $20 Domain, More Governments (labs.watchtowr.com)
    433 points by mooreds 10 months ago | 73 comments
  33. XZ backdoor story – Initial analysis (securelist.com)
    406 points by kryster over 1 year ago | 250 comments
  34. U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say (www.washingtonpost.com)
    384 points by ksec 9 months ago | 317 comments
  35. Undocumented backdoor found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
    371 points by el_duderino 8 months ago | 111 comments
  36. Ottawa wants the power to create secret backdoors in networks for surveillance (www.theglobeandmail.com)
    364 points by walterbell over 1 year ago | 292 comments
  37. Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of Data Unconstitutional (www.eff.org)
    354 points by janandonly 9 months ago | 83 comments
  38. A Postmark backdoor that’s downloading emails (www.koi.security)
    308 points by ghuntley about 1 month ago | 166 comments
  39. What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world (arstechnica.com)
    307 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 320 comments
  40. NixOS and reproducible builds could have detected the xz backdoor (luj.fr)
    280 points by birdculture 7 months ago | 128 comments
  41. XZ Backdoor: Times, damned times, and scams (rheaeve.substack.com)
    277 points by lamontcg over 1 year ago | 170 comments
  42. UK drops demand for backdoor into Apple encryption (www.theverge.com)
    276 points by iamdamian 2 months ago | 109 comments
  43. OpenSSH Backdoors (blog.isosceles.com)
    257 points by benhawkes about 1 year ago | 129 comments
  44. The Linux backdoor attempt of 2003 (2013) (freedom-to-tinker.com)
    223 points by zhan_eg almost 2 years ago | 98 comments
  45. Inside the failed attempt to backdoor SSH globally that got caught by chance (doublepulsar.com)
    221 points by transpute over 1 year ago | 191 comments
  46. Deep Dive into XZ Utils Backdoor [video] (www.youtube.com)
    216 points by peacefullemon over 1 year ago | 90 comments