Backdoor account discovered in more than 100k Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways (zdnet.com) 18 points by 1cvmask 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] bzb6 5y ago ↗ Most people will be suspicious of a Chinese router having backdoors when it’s probably the consequence of shoddy programming. [–] pacamara619 5y ago ↗ Yes, maybe shoddy programming, maybe plausible deniability. [–] rishabhd 5y ago ↗ I thought zyxel was taiwan based. Also, big customer base in soho/ government (atleast in India, thanks to vendors who design their networks for them).
[–] rishabhd 5y ago ↗ I thought zyxel was taiwan based. Also, big customer base in soho/ government (atleast in India, thanks to vendors who design their networks for them).
[–] smileypete 5y ago ↗ Automated testing needs to be able to check that any dev/debug code doesn't exist in production.(Only works if the dev/debug code is added in some sort of properly planned and documented way I guess.) [–] stareatgoats 5y ago ↗ You seem to assume that this was a mistake. What is to say that this was not deliberately planted albeit with plausible deniability?
[–] stareatgoats 5y ago ↗ You seem to assume that this was a mistake. What is to say that this was not deliberately planted albeit with plausible deniability?
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[ 2.3 ms ] story [ 29.6 ms ] thread(Only works if the dev/debug code is added in some sort of properly planned and documented way I guess.)