ChatControl Gets Coup-De-Grace

#news #securityhacks #backdoor #chatcontrol #encryption #europe #thinkofthechildren #hackaday
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We’ve reached out to Google to inquire about why a custom ROM created by a small non-profit is more resistant to industrial phone hacking than the official Pixel OS. We’ll update this article if Google has anything to say.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/leaker-reveals-which-pixels-are-vulnerable-to-cellebrite-phone-hacking/

#GraphineOS #Pixel #Google #backdoor

Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking

Cellebrite can apparently extract data from most Pixel phones, unless they’re running GrapheneOS.

^{Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)}

**Backdoor Campaign Affecting Thousands of ASUS Routers**

https://www.greynoise.io/blog/stealthy-backdoor-campaign-affecting-asus-routers

**#asus #security #backdoor #malware**

GreyNoise Discovers Stealthy Backdoor Campaign Affecting Thousands of ASUS Routers

GreyNoise uncovers a stealth campaign exploiting ASUS routers, enabling persistent backdoor access via CVE-2023-39780 and unpatched techniques.

^{www.greynoise.io}

Eek. Apparently liblzma (part of the xz package) has a backdoor in versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1, causing SSH to be compromised.

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

This might even have been done on purpose by the upstream devs.

Developing story, please take with a grain of salt.

The 5.6 versions are somewhat recent, depending on how bleeding edge your distro is you might not be affected.

#liblzma #xz #lzma #backdoor #ITsecurity #OpenSSH #SSH