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Supply-Chain Attack against the Electron Development Platform

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backdoors, Security technology, securityengineering, supplychain, vulnerabilities

Electron is a cross-platform development system for many popular communications apps, including Skype, Slack, and WhatsApp. Security vulnerabilities in the update system allows someone to silently inject malicious code into applications. From a news article: At the BSides LV security conference on Tuesday, Pavel Tsakalidis demonstrated a tool he created called BEEMKA, a Python-based tool … Read More “Supply-Chain Attack against the Electron Development Platform” »

More on Backdooring (or Not) WhatsApp

Posted on By infossl
artificialintelligence, backdoors, facebook, privacy, Security technology, whatsapp

Yesterday, I blogged about a Facebook plan to backdoor WhatsApp by adding client-side scanning and filtering. It seems that I was wrong, and there are no such plans. The only source for that post was a Forbes essay by Kalev Leetaru, which links to a previous Forbes essay by him, which links to a video … Read More “More on Backdooring (or Not) WhatsApp” »

Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp

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backdoors, encryption, facebook, Security technology, whatsapp

This article points out that Facebook’s planned content moderation scheme will result in an encryption backdoor into WhatsApp: In Facebook’s vision, the actual end-to-end encryption client itself such as WhatsApp will include embedded content moderation and blacklist filtering algorithms. These algorithms will be continually updated from a central cloud service, but will run locally on … Read More “Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp” »

Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy

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backdoors, cryptowars, encryption, essays, lawenforcement, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology

Yesterday, Attorney General William Barr gave a major speech on encryption policy — what is commonly known as “going dark.” Speaking at Fordham University in New York, he admitted that adding backdoors decreases security but that it is worth it. Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access … Read More “Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy” »

Backdoor Built into Android Firmware

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android, backdoors, crime, firmware, google, malware, phones, Security technology, supplychain

In 2017, some Android phones came with a backdoor pre-installed: Criminals in 2017 managed to get an advanced backdoor preinstalled on Android devices before they left the factories of manufacturers, Google researchers confirmed on Thursday. Triada first came to light in 2016 in articles published by Kaspersky here and here, the first of which said … Read More “Backdoor Built into Android Firmware” »

G7 Comes Out in Favor of Encryption Backdoors

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backdoors, encryption, g7, hacking, keyescrow, keys, lawenforcement, Security technology, terrorism

From a G7 meeting of interior ministers in Paris this month, an “outcome document“: Encourage Internet companies to establish lawful access solutions for their products and services, including data that is encrypted, for law enforcement and competent authorities to access digital evidence, when it is removed or hosted on IT servers located abroad or encrypted, … Read More “G7 Comes Out in Favor of Encryption Backdoors” »

China Spying on Undersea Internet Cables

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backdoors, china, espionage, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology, supplychain

Supply chain security is an insurmountably hard problem. The recent focus is on Chinese 5G equipment, but the problem is much broader. This opinion piece looks at undersea communications cables: But now the Chinese conglomerate Huawei Technologies, the leading firm working to deliver 5G telephony networks globally, has gone to sea. Under its Huawei Marine … Read More “China Spying on Undersea Internet Cables” »