[Full-disclosure] Chinese backdoors "hidden in router firmware"

[quispiam lepidus]

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 at krr.org> wrote:

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> Greets.
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> 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 at ziffdavisenterprise.com
> |
> |
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