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Backdoor infecting VPNs used “magic packets” for stealth and security (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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J-Magic backdoor infected organizations in a wide array of industries.

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[–] just_another_person 15 points 1 month ago

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.