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Re: Chinese backdoors "hidden in router firmware"
From: "Ivan ." <ivanhec () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:45:10 +1100
I dont think they have http://www.hqlaptops.com/hard-drives/infected-seagate-hard-drives http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/11/11/2003387202 On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:28 PM, quispiam lepidus <quispiam.lepidus () gmail com> wrote:
Why stop at routers & switches? You could own far more devices by backdooring BIOS', HDD's, etc, all of which are often produced in "Far East countries". On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Times Enemy <times () krr org> wrote:-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greets. It does not matter so much if there is no hard proof about the router firmware containing backdoors set in place by Chinese manufacturers. ~From a security perspective, it is a potential threat which should be addressed, especially for western networks and those they trust. It is not too far fetched of an idea. Google yielded the following fairly quick: http://slashdot.org/articles/08/02/29/1642221.shtml If you want to be inundated with reading material on the matter, be creative, or not too creative, with Google searches having to do with China and western powers and businesses, specific to information warfare. .te Larry Seltzer wrote: |>> Next we'll be seeing "Japanese tactical nukes "Hidden in Toyota | trunks" | | And who knows what the French are putting in that cheese. | Larry Seltzer | eWEEK.com Security Center Editor | http://security.eweek.com/ <http://security.eweek.com/> | <http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/> | http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ | <http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/Contributing> | Contributing Editor, PC Magazine | larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | _______________________________________________ | Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. | Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html | Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkfPTUAACgkQVuM8PD1UnspxGwCfWA2YAcAk31lPkOeFUkOZm4ko a64AniF5C+KgjpfrAuxEkkW45BM+xpGZ =RwKm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/_______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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