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Method of bypassing authentication or encryption in a computer
A backdoor is a typically covert method of bypassing normal authentication or encryption in a computer, product, embedded device (e.g. a home router),
Backdoor_(computing)
Patched software backdoor
On 29 March 2024, a malicious backdoor was discovered in the compression software XZ Utils. The backdoor gives an attacker who possesses a specific private
XZ_Utils_backdoor
Topics referred to by the same term
American rapper Playboi Carti Backdoor (computing), a hidden method for bypassing normal computer authentication systems Backdoor (basketball), a play in which
Back_door
Interface enabling remote access to a web server
user-agents and referers, while attacker access is more uniform. Backdoor (computing) Cyberwarfare Internet security Network security China Chopper Privacy
Web_shell
Hardware or firmware of computer chips
A hardware backdoor is a backdoor implemented within the physical components of a computer system, also known as its hardware. They can be created by introducing
Hardware_backdoor
Type of malware
engineering. Although their payload can be anything, many modern forms act as a backdoor, contacting a controller who can then have unauthorized access to the affected
Trojan_horse_(computing)
Computer program for remote system administration
hacking group QHA. Back Orifice 2000 Sub7 Trojan horse (computing) Malware Backdoor (computing) Rootkit MiniPanzer and MegaPanzer File binder Richtel,
Back_Orifice
Password for devices on factory default settings
addresses using a known algorithm, and attackers easily computed the same passwords. Backdoor (computing) Cyber-security regulation Internet of things Niemietz
Default_password
Term for computer intruders and computing experts
has spread beyond computing in terms such as hackathon, civic hacking, biohacking, growth hacking, and life hack. Within computing, communities disagree
Hacker
Cyber attack plan
seen as one pathway in alternatives to full-scale war. Kill Switch Backdoor (computing) Operation Olympic Games Szoldra, Paul (2016-07-06). "The US could
Nitro_Zeus
Advanced persistent threat located in China
Province Region served China Methods Malware, Zero-days, Phishing, backdoor (computing), RAT, Keylogging Official language Chinese Parent organization Hainan
APT40
Controversial pseudorandom number generator
identification of the possibility that the National Security Agency put a backdoor into a recommended implementation, it was, for seven years, one of four
Dual_EC_DRBG
Form of delayed sabotage of a computer program
was reported that the story may be a hoax. Time bomb (software) Backdoor (computing) Easter egg (media) Cyberwarfare Stuxnet Fork bomb Man accused of
Logic_bomb
National Security Agency (NSA) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Backdoor (computing) An installation made on a computer in order to break into a computer
List_of_FBI_controversies
Trojan horse and remote access software
trojan author.) Back Orifice Back Orifice 2000 Trojan horse (computing) Malware Backdoor (computing) Rootkit MiniPanzer and MegaPanzer File binder "Sub7 Legacy"
Sub7
Malware toolkit
known algorithms. Backdoor (computing) Botnet Computer virus Exploit HackTool.Win32.HackAV MPack (software) Spyware Trojan horse (computing) DarkComet – (Trojan
Blackhole_exploit_kit
Vulnerability (computing) Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Privilege escalation Social engineering (security) Malware Spyware Backdoor (computing) Computer
List of cybersecurity information technologies
List_of_cybersecurity_information_technologies
Collection of security exploit tools
and victims. Dendroid (Malware) Trojan horse (computing) Spyware Botnet Computer virus Backdoor (computing) Tiny Banker Trojan Zeus (malware) Gameover ZeuS
Exploit_kit
Out-of-band management platform
specifically to address potential AMT vulnerabilities and related concerns. Backdoor (computing) Host Embedded Controller Interface HP Integrated Lights-Out Intel
Intel Active Management Technology
Intel_Active_Management_Technology
2011 computer worm
Backdoor.Win32.IRCBot (also known as W32/Checkout (McAfee), W32.Mubla (Symantec), W32/IRCBot-WB (Sophos), and Backdoor.Win32.IRCBot.aaq (Bydoon Center))
Backdoor.Win32.IRCBot
Keystroke logging software reportedly developed by the US FBI
announced their new policy on detecting government spying programs. Backdoor (computing) Carnivore (software) Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier
Magic_Lantern_(spyware)
Chinese cyberespionage group
government agencies. Operation Cloud Hopper used over 70 variants of backdoors, malware and trojans. These were delivered through spear-phishing emails
Red_Apollo
Data gathering tool created by the FBI
Surveillance Court to use CIPAV in terrorism or spying investigations. Backdoor (computing) Carnivore (software) ECHELON FinFisher Magic Lantern (software)
Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier
Computer_and_Internet_Protocol_Address_Verifier
Approach to public-key cryptography
way to minimize the chance of a backdoor. Shor's algorithm can be used to break elliptic curve cryptography by computing discrete logarithms on a sufficiently
Elliptic-curve_cryptography
Conceptual model in philosophy of science
ultimate probability can be computed without an experiment, regardless of the existence of other confounding paths and without backdoor adjustment. Queries are
Causal_model
Aspect of computer hardware or software
additional information or better performance to the application provider. Backdoor (computing) Easter egg (media) PPC HP-75 Description (PDF). NOMAS series. Vol
Undocumented_feature
computing from 2020 to the present. For narratives explaining the overall developments, see the history of computing. Significant events in computing
Timeline of computing 2020–present
Timeline_of_computing_2020–present
Methods used to protect cloud-based assets
infrastructure of cloud computing. It is a sub-domain of computer security, network security and, more broadly, information security. Cloud computing and storage
Cloud_computing_security
Graftor) detected as (Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon, Trojan.Win32.Hupigon, Backdoor.Win32.Graftor, and Trojan.Win32.Graftor) is a backdoor Trojan. Its first known
Hupigon
PHP-based malware
originated from. Exploit Exploit kit Trojan horse (computing) Spyware Botnet Computer virus Backdoor (computing) "Hackers target 'legitimate' sites". BBC. 2007-06-20
MPack_(software)
Protection of computer systems from information disclosure, theft or damage
configuration. Due to the nature of backdoors, they are of greater concern to companies and databases as opposed to individuals. Backdoors may be added by an authorized
Computer_security
AI accelerator ASIC by Google
filing, Singular Computing specifically called out Google's use of bfloat16, as that exceeds the dynamic range of float16. Singular Computing claims non-standard
Tensor_Processing_Unit
Malicious software
over an unsecured network such as the Internet to install the backdoor application. A backdoor can also be a side effect of a software bug in legitimate software
Malware
Computer hacker who hacks ethically
side of right. The computing sense developed from this wider moral contrast. The Oxford English Dictionary records white hat in computing slang from 1990
White_hat_hacker
Examination of malicious software to understand its functionality and behaviour
given malware sample, such as a virus, worm, Trojan horse, rootkit or backdoor. Malware, or malicious software, is any computer software intended to harm
Malware_analysis
Large and powerful computer
I/O processing and emphasize throughput computing. Mainframe return on investment (ROI), like any other computing platform, is dependent on its ability
Mainframe_computer
Self-replicating malware program
waits to be triggered. There are also some worms that are combined with backdoor programs or Trojan horses, such as "Code Red". Contagiousness Worms are
Computer_worm
Exploitable weakness in a computer system
73–74. "Ask an Ethicist: Vulnerability Disclosure". Association for Computing Machinery's Committee on Professional Ethics. 17 July 2018. Retrieved
Vulnerability (computer security)
Vulnerability_(computer_security)
Unfixed software vulnerability
zero-day vulnerabilities after large tech companies refused to install backdoors into their software, tasking the Tailored Access Operations (TAO) with
Zero-day_vulnerability
Creating a sequence of numbers that cannot be predicted
predictable, it can be used as backdoor by an attacker to break the encryption. The NSA is reported to have inserted a backdoor into the NIST certified cryptographically
Random_number_generation
American mathematician and engineer
Association for Computing Machinery. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013. "Keep smartphones backdoor free, urges cybersecurity
Susan_Landau
Secure communications method
access to the data stored by the service provider, by design or via a backdoor. This can be a concern in many cases where privacy is important, such as
End-to-end_encryption
Taiwanese multinational networking equipment manufacturing corporation
which is the word backdoor written backwards. In January 2013, version v1.13 for the DIR-100 revA was reported to include a backdoor in the firmware. By
D-Link
Software architecture by Microsoft
Trusted Computing concepts to Windows. NGSCB was the result of years of research and development within Microsoft to create a secure computing solution
Next-Generation Secure Computing Base
Next-Generation_Secure_Computing_Base
Technique for compromising hypervisor software
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Hyperjacking
Poker hand
calculated by counting outs, computing the probability of winning, and comparing the probability of winning to the pot odds. A backdoor draw, or runner-runner
Draw_(poker)
American computer scientist known for Unix (born 1943)
speech, "Reflections on Trusting Trust", presented the persistent compiler backdoor attack now known as the Thompson hack or trusting trust attack, and is
Ken_Thompson
Topics referred to by the same term
the NSA, defunct by 1996, that had a built-in backdoor Clipper architecture, 32-bit RISC-like computing architecture Clipper, a person who makes clipped
Clipper_(disambiguation)
Cloud-based service and infrastructure
Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services offered by Google that provides a series of modular cloud services including computing, data storage, data analytics
Google_Cloud_Platform
Systems to give users appropriate access
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Identity and access management
Identity_and_access_management
Type of functions designed for being unsolvable by root-finding algorithms
be cryptographically secure and is believed to have a kleptographic NSA backdoor. NIST SP 800-90A Rev.1 This is essentially NIST SP 800-90A with Dual_EC_DRBG
Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator
Cryptographically_secure_pseudorandom_number_generator
Facility where enterprise information systems are monitored, assessed, and defended
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Information security operations center
Information_security_operations_center
Bluetooth cyberattack
Starner, T. (2004-10-01). "Mobile Phones as Computing Devices: The Viruses are Coming!". IEEE Pervasive Computing. 3 (4): 11–15. Bibcode:2004IPCom...3d..11D
Bluebugging
Self-replicating malware program that spread by email
The original version, Mydoom.A, is described as carrying two payloads: A backdoor on port 3127/tcp to allow remote control of the subverted PC (by putting
Mydoom
Manifesto from 1986 by Loyd Blankenship
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Hacker_Manifesto
Measures taken to improve the security of an application
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Application_security
Remote access tool
Common antivirus tags for NjRAT are as follows: W32.Backdoor.Bladabindi Backdoor.MSIL.Bladabindi Backdoor/Win.NjRat.R512373 The standard version of the Trojan
NjRAT
Unskilled malicious hacker
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Script_kiddie
American multinational technology company
online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence
Former freeware desktop assistant
Reports Web Watch labeled BonziBuddy as spyware, stating that it contains a backdoor trojan that collects information from users. The activities the program
BonziBuddy
Low-level computer software
In computing, firmware (FW) is software that provides low-level control of computer hardware. For a relatively simple device, firmware may perform all
Firmware
Autonomous computer subsystem
voiced concern that the Converged Security and Management Engine is a backdoor. Intel's main competitor, AMD, has incorporated the equivalent AMD Secure
Intel_Management_Engine
Chinese robotics company
companies. In April 2025, security researchers alleged Unitree had put backdoors into their products that allowed the company to remotely access Unitree
Unitree_Robotics
Cyberattack via an industry's supply chain
utilized the Gopuram backdoor, originally discovered by the Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky in 2020. The use of this backdoor suggested that the
Supply_chain_attack
forwarded required for Inbound Connections Gallagher, Sean (2014-01-02). "Backdoor in wireless DSL routers lets attacker reset router, get admin". Ars Technica
List of TCP and UDP port numbers
List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers
Security architecture implemented in hardware
Firmware Interface § Secure Boot criticism Trusted Computing Computational trust Fingerprint (computing) Side-channel attack Power analysis Electromagnetic
Hardware_security
Hacker who operates without permission or malice
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Grey_hat_hacker
Malicious software used to steal information
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Infostealer
Novel by Dan Brown
working incessantly for many months to unlock Digital Fortress, installing a backdoor inside the program. By making phone calls to Numataka posing as North Dakota
Digital_Fortress
American multinational technology company
December 2015 discovered a backdoor key using Dual EC DRBG allowing to passively decrypt the traffic encrypted by ScreenOS. This backdoor was inserted in the
Juniper_Networks
Subculture of individuals
imported into early computing culture, because the club started using a DEC PDP-1 and applied its local model railroad slang in this computing context. Initially
Hacker_culture
Cryptographic software in OpenBSD
Secret Backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC", OSNews, retrieved 2011-12-13 Ryan, Paul (2010-12-23), "OpenBSD code audit uncovers bugs, but no evidence of backdoor",
OpenBSD Cryptographic Framework
OpenBSD_Cryptographic_Framework
1999 claim about software development
List of eponymous laws Software peer review Wisdom of the crowd XZ Utils backdoor Raymond, Eric S. "The Cathedral and the Bazaar". catb.org. Raymond, Eric
Linus's_law
American multinational technology company
it was found that Cisco had a backdoor in the Unified Communications Manager. In July 2025, Cisco removed the backdoor. In March 2014, Spherix Incorporated
Cisco
American multinational technology company
aforementioned backdoor, issued firmware updates for some affected products. However, it was shortly found that the updates merely hid the backdoor but did not
Netgear
Computer hacker with malicious intent
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Black_hat_hacker
Video-sharing platform
Trade unions Alphabet Workers Union YouTube copyright issues Incidents Backdoor advertisement controversy Blocking of YouTube videos in Germany Data breach
YouTube
Relational database management system
the InterBase 6 code, however, remains in active development. In 2001, a backdoor was discovered in the software that had been present in all versions since
InterBase
2015 leak of personal data from an online dating service
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Ashley_Madison_data_breach
Control of access to computer networks
computer systemPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Cloud computing security – Methods used to protect cloud-based assets Computer security –
Network_security
American software company
2013, a backdoor was discovered: "A variety of firewall, VPN, and spam filtering gear sold by Barracuda Networks contains undocumented backdoor accounts
Barracuda_Networks
Securing and encrypting virology
study of cryptography use in malware, such as ransomware and asymmetric backdoors.[citation needed] Traditionally, cryptography and its applications are
Cryptovirology
Putting data in the source code of a program
embedding output data. Hard coding credentials is a popular way of creating a backdoor. Hard coded credentials are usually not visible in configuration files
Hard_coding
2005 computer security vulnerability
Guilfanov. ^ Trustworthy Computing, SANS Institute Internet Storm Center. ^ Ilfak to the rescue!, F-Secure. ^ Trustworthy Computing, Slashdot. Linking to
Windows Metafile vulnerability
Windows_Metafile_vulnerability
Cyberattack involving counterfeit packets
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TCP sequence prediction attack
TCP_sequence_prediction_attack
Remote access trojan
Havex malware, also known as Backdoor.Oldrea, is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) employed by the Russian attributed APT group "Energetic Bear" or "Dragonfly"
Havex
American supplier of servers and other information technology products
markets, including enterprise data centers, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, 5G, and edge computing. Supermicro was founded in 1993, and has manufacturing
Supermicro
Group that provides security feedback
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Blue_team_(computer_security)
Authorized cyberattack for testing purposes
History of Computing. 19 (3): 41–59. doi:10.1109/85.601735. OCLC 5871977875. INIST 2872773. Mackenzie, Donald A. (2004). Mechanizing Proof: Computing, Risk
Penetration_test
Malware embedded in hardware; harder to detect and fix than software vulnerabilities
evaluated to avoid measurement errors or other inaccuracies. FDIV Hardware backdoor Hardware obfuscation Hardware security Intel Management Engine Kill switch
Hardware_trojan
Control & use of a computer from remote location
snap-in Computers infected with malware such as trojans sometimes open backdoors into computer systems which allows malicious users to hack into and control
Remote_administration
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Control_system_security
Advanced backdoor advanced persistent threat, developed by PLATINUM
Titanium is a very advanced backdoor malware APT, developed by PLATINUM, a cybercrime collective. The malware was uncovered by Kaspersky Lab and reported
Titanium_(malware)
Malware strain
launches DDoS attacks using UDP, TCP, and ICMP protocols, and enables backdoor access by connecting to a remote server to receive commands, it also terminates
Gayfemboy
Disk-encryption software for Microsoft Windows
backdoor and tried entering into talks with Microsoft to get one introduced. Microsoft developer and cryptographer Niels Ferguson denied the backdoor
BitLocker
Attack on a computer system
attacker's software is executed on the targeted system, and often creates a backdoor to enable remote control by the attacker. Many attackers will not launch
Cyberattack
2017 worldwide ransomware cyberattack
2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016. DoublePulsar is a backdoor tool, also released by the Shadow Brokers on 14 April 2017. Starting from
WannaCry_ransomware_attack
Process of converting plaintext to ciphertext
possibilities. With today's computing power, a 56-bit key is no longer secure, being vulnerable to brute-force attacks. Quantum computing uses properties of quantum
Encryption
Individual or group behind cyberattacks
claim they break the law for the greater good". Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 25 (5): 843–852. doi:10.1007/s00779-021-01568-7. ISSN 1617-4917. S2CID 236585163
Threat_actor
Topics referred to by the same term
computer-graphics lighting software Beast (Trojan horse), a Windows-based backdoor trojan horse Beast, from the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast Beast (Disney
Beast
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