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18 articles tagged as backdoor

Equifax fined £500k for 2017 data breach

ICO hands down maximum penalty possible.

20-9-18 // 10:59a.m.

Valve outs new Knuckles EV3 VR controllers

Still no launch date, though.

20-9-18 // 10:47a.m.

Review Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Founders Edition Reviews

Nvidia reasserts its performance crown yet again, but should premium buyers invest in unproven tech?

19-9-18 // 2:00p.m.

Newegg hit by payment detail breach, researchers claim

Same malware as BA.

19-9-18 // 1:59p.m.

OnePlus smartphones hit by EngineerMode back-door

Claims it's not a serious issue.

15-11-17 // 11:29a.m.

WikiLeaks publishes massive 'Vault 7' CIA cracking trove

Documents major security breaches.

8-3-17 // 10:26a.m.

Yahoo cancels earnings call as Verizon calls for a discount

Could shave $1bn off the deal.

17-10-16 // 12:00p.m.

Former Yahoo staff detail alleged US gov email backdoor

Major security gaffe.

5-10-16 // 9:48a.m.

Capcom bundles backdoor with Street Fighter V update

Admin-level access, disables SMEP.

26-9-16 // 10:15a.m.

Amazon drops encryption support from Fire devices

Claims customers weren't using it.

4-3-16 // 2:40p.m.

Apple's Tim Cook strikes a blow for security, privacy

Vows to fight the FBI over iOS back-door.

17-2-16 // 2:39p.m.

Apple fails to fix back-door API in OS X 10.10.3

Rootpipe still very much an issue.

21-4-15 // 1:03p.m.

Apple fixes major security flaw in OS X 10.10.3

Years-old back-door API finally closed.

10-4-15 // 1:10p.m.

Dell denies researcher's back-door claims

Just like it did back in 2013, in fact.

24-3-15 // 3:27p.m.

BT modems have NSA back-door, claim researchers

"Never trust closed source routers."

17-12-13 // 11:26a.m.

BT modems have NSA back-door, claim researchers

D-Link patches router back-door vulnerability

Promised patches finally delivered.

4-12-13 // 9:29a.m.

D-Link patches router back-door vulnerability

D-Link confirms, defends router back-door code

Claims code is a 'failsafe,' no longer used.

16-10-13 // 9:50a.m.

D-Link confirms, defends router back-door code

D-Link routers contain back-door code, claims researcher

Joel puts a hole in D-Link's security.

14-10-13 // 8:57a.m.

Linux IRC daemon Trojan uncovered

A Trojan planted in the source code of the UnrealIRCd package for Linux has been discovered.

14-6-10 // 10:11a.m.

Windows 7 security courtesy of the NSA

The secretive National Security Agency has described its part in helping Microsoft improve security in its latest version of Windows - which should worry conspiracy theorists.

19-11-09 // 10:12a.m.

Crypto 'backdoor' in Vista SP1

Microsoft is due to ship a flawed random number generator with the latest Windows Vista service pack, which has the potential to put your encrypted data at risk.

19-12-07 // 11:57a.m.