European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal 2024-02-15[theregister.co.uk] Surprising third-act twist as Russian case means more freedom for all
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that laws requiring crippled encryption and extensive data retention violate the European Convention on Human Rights Details >
Iranian cyberspies target US defense orgs with a brand new backdoor 2023-12-23[theregister.co.uk] Also: International cops crackdown on credit card stealers and patch these critical vulns
Iranian cyberspies are targeting defense industrial base organizations with a new backdoor called FalseFont, according to Microsoft. Details >
Novel backdoor persists even after critical Confluence vulnerability is patched 2023-11-14[theregister.co.uk] Got a Confluence server? Listen up. Malware said to have wide-ranging capabilities
A new backdoor was this week found implanted in the environments of organizations to exploit the recently disclosed critical vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence. Details >
Marvell disputes claim Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam 2023-09-20[theregister.co.uk] Allegations date back a decade to leaked Snowden docs
Cavium, a maker of semiconductors acquired in 2018 by Marvell, was allegedly identified in documents leaked in 2013 by Edward Snowden as a vendor of semiconductors backdoored for US intelligence. Marvell denies it or Cavium placed backdoors in products at the behest of the US government. Details >
Marvell disputes claim that Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam 2023-09-20[theregister.co.uk] Allegations date back a decade to leaked Snowden docs
Cavium, a maker of semiconductors acquired in 2018 by Marvell, was allegedly identified in documents leaked in 2013 by Edward Snowden as a vendor of semiconductors backdoored for US intelligence. Marvell denies it or Cavium placed backdoors in products at the behest of the US government. Details >