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·
      11 months ago

      Louisville, Kentucky-based

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

      • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub
        413·
        11 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

          • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub
            83·
            11 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”

                • tsonfeir
                  3·
                  11 months ago

                  Well, they had a primary, and he lost. It’s the votes who screwed themselves.

                  We need ranked voting.