full-disclosure - Re: Chinese backdoors "hidden in router firmware"

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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:45:10 +1100
From: "Ivan ." <ivanhec@...il.com>
To: "quispiam lepidus" <quispiam.lepidus@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Chinese backdoors "hidden in router firmware"

I dont think they have

http://www.hqlaptops.com/hard-drives/infected-seagate-hard-drives
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/11/11/2003387202

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:28 PM, quispiam lepidus
<quispiam.lepidus@...il.com> wrote:
> 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@....org> wrote:
>
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> > Greets.
> >
> > 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@...fdavisenterprise.com
> > |
> > |
> > |
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