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Legal Requirements of Wiretapping, Amongst Other Things

February 24, 2020 By Emil Hozan

I recently wrote about the heat Huawei has been getting and briefly mentioned “there are legalities in place” regarding wiretapping. In this post, I wanted to expand on that context; what the legal requirements are for wiretapping. Further, I also wanted to give readers (you) something to think about: what’s the difference between a backdoor and having the ability to “wiretap” … [Read more...]

Official ProFTPD source code "backdoored" via a zero day flaw

December 7, 2010 By The Editor

Late last week, the developers of a popular open source FTP server, ProFTPD, warned that they've accidentally been distributing a booby-trapped version of their FTP server's source code. If you downloaded and installed ProFTPD from a legitimate distribution server between November 28 and December 1, you likely have a backdoor on your system. In an ironic twist, the attackers … [Read more...]

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