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You are judging this by the outcome, as though it were pre-ordained, and also assuming that this is the only method this agency has. It is much more likely tha
by avidiax 3y ago
You are judging this by the outcome, as though it were pre-ordained, and also assuming that this is the only method this agency has.
It is much more likely that this backdoor would have gone unnoticed for months or years. The access this backdoor provides would be used only once per system, to install other APT (advanced persistent threats), probably layers of them. Use a typical software RAT or rootkit as the first layer. If that is discovered, fallback to the private keys you stole, or the social engineer the company directory you copied. If that fails, rely on the firmware rootkit that only runs if it's timer hasn't been reset in 6 months. Failing that, re-use this backdoor if it's still available.
- TheBlight 3y agoIt was found in a few weeks so why is it more likely it wouldn't have been noticed for months/years with more people running the backdoored version of the code?
- ufo 3y agoWe were lucky that the backdoor called attention to itself, because it impacted the performance off ssh and introduced valgrind warnings.