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Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-05 | get Daemon Tools Ultra → | tags: daemon tools, supply-chain attack, kaspersky

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DAEMON Tools trojanized in supply-chain attack to deploy backdoor (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-05 | get DAEMON Tools Backup Key → | tags: daemon tools, supply-chain attack, trojanized software

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Popular WordPress redirect plugin hid dormant backdoor for years (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-29 | get WordPress Security Plugin → | tags: wordpress, quick page/post redirect, anadnet

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Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-14 | by Zack Whittaker | get WordPress Security Plugin → | tags: wordpress, essential plugin, backdoor

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Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-13 | get WordPress Security Plugin → | tags: wordpress, plugin, backdoor

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Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoor in All of Them (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-13 | get WordPress Security Plugin → | tags: wordpress, plugin, backdoor

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Smart Slider updates hijacked to push malicious WordPress, Joomla versions (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-09 | get WordPress Security Plugin → | tags: smart slider, wordpress, joomla

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PyPI package telnyx has been compromised in yet another supply chain attack (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-27 | by Start Today | get Telnyx API SDK → | tags: pypi, telnyx, supply chain

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China-Nexus Hackers Skulk in Southeast Asian Military Orgs for Years (darkreading.com)

2026-03-17 | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: china, nexus, southeast asia

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Multiple brands of Android tablets shipped with built-in malware (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-17 | get Smartwatch → | tags: android, backdoor, firmware

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China-Backed 'PeckBirdy' Takes Flight for Cross-Platform Attacks (darkreading.com)

2026-01-28 | get PeckBirdy → | tags: asian, asian government, attackers

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Chinese Mustang Panda hackers deploy infostealers via CoolClient backdoor (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-27 | get CoolClient → | tags: backdoor, coolclient, execution

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DPRK's Konni Targets Blockchain Developers With AI-Generated Backdoor (darkreading.com)

2026-01-26 | get Blockchain → | tags: according researchers, backdoor, backdoor compromise

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Konni hackers target blockchain engineers with AI-built malware (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-24 | get AI-powered malware → | tags: backdoor, check, check point

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New PDFSider Windows malware deployed on Fortune 100 firm's network (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-19 | get PDFSider → | tags: backdoor, malicious, malware

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Supply chains, AI, and the cloud: The biggest failures (and one success) of 2025 (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-31 | get Cloud → | tags: attacks, backdoor, chain

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Chinese state hackers use rootkit to hide ToneShell malware activity (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-29 | get ToneShell → | tags: backdoor, driver, file

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GhostPoster attacks hide malicious JavaScript in Firefox addon logos (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-16 | get Firefox Addon → | tags: activity, activity plant, backdoor

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Running the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" Compiler (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-16 | by Russ Cox | get Compiler → | tags: backdoor, code, compiler

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APT 'Bronze Butler' Exploits Zero-Day to Root Japan Orgs (darkreading.com)

2025-11-06 | get Rootkit → | tags: allowed, allowed chinese, attackers

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Microsoft: SesameOp malware abuses OpenAI Assistants API in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-11-03 | get SesameBot → | tags: assistants, assistants api, backdoor

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AI models can acquire backdoors from surprisingly few malicious documents (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get science reference book → | tags: backdoor, data, documents

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US spy chief says UK has dropped its Apple backdoor demand (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: 2025, agenda, apple

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Docker Hub still hosts dozens of Linux images with the XZ backdoor (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-10-31 | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: backdoor, binarly, debian

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Nvidia warns of “disaster” if it has to put kill switch and backdoor in chips (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: backdoors, chips, kill

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Apple Encryption Safe After All? UK Reportedly Plans to Backtrack on Backdoor Demands (cnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by See Full Bio | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: access, apple, backdoor