shoulderoforion@fedia.io to Technology@lemmy.world · 7 days agoBackdoor infecting VPNs used “magic packets” for stealth and securityarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·7 days agoThis isn’t new. Port Knocking was used similarly in the 90s for a lot of backdoors, and I believe the Intel IME/VT/PSP/TPM fiasco was essentially what this is, and was exploited similarly to lock out owners once compromised.
This isn’t new. Port Knocking was used similarly in the 90s for a lot of backdoors, and I believe the Intel IME/VT/PSP/TPM fiasco was essentially what this is, and was exploited similarly to lock out owners once compromised.