Crooks plant backdoor in software used by courtrooms around the world
arstechnica.com
It's unclear how the malicious version of JAVS Viewer came to be.

A software maker serving more than 10,000 courtrooms throughout the world hosted an application update containing a hidden backdoor that maintained persistent communication with a malicious website, researchers reported Thursday, in the latest episode of a supply-chain attack.

  • @tsonfeir
    12•7 months ago

    Louisville, Kentucky-based

    I’m willing to put money on them being a Trump supporter.

    • @[email protected]
      -9•7 months ago

      Same here, but let’s be honest. It could just as easily be dems too - DNC ain’t no saint either. We’re comparing apples to oranges here (no pun intended, but I still chuckled) but they’re both pretty old/rotten

      • @tsonfeir
        8•7 months ago

        So you have a single example?

        • @[email protected]
          5•7 months ago

          I’d say the systematic removal of Bernie from the lineup in the 2016 election was a pretty big fucking fail, to me as a liberal.

          Still better than the alternative, but one shit pile who’s smaller than the other, is still a shit pile.

          Politics are multifaceted ultimately, and only ever really having 2 sides to choose from almost always leads to some pretty serious “misalignments”