Backdoors

A backdoor (also known as a trap door or wormhole) in a computer system is a method of bypassing normal authentication, securing remote access to a computer, obtaining access to plaintext while attempting to remain undetected. This backdoor may take the form of an installed program (e.g. Back Orifice) or could be a modification to an existing program or hardware device.

A backdoor in a login system might take the form of a hard coded user and password combination which gives access to the system. It should be stated, however, that the motivation for such holes in the security of a system is not always sinister; some operating systems, for example, come out of the box with privileged accounts intended for use by field service technicians or the vendor’s maintenance programmers.

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There are currently 814 articles listed on backdoors.

Name	Threat Level	Detection Count	Date
Backdoor.PcClient.akx			March 11, 2009
Backdoor.PcClient.Gen.3			December 15, 2009
Backdoor.Penepe.H	6/10	11	November 28, 2019
Backdoor.Phdet.C	8/10	0	January 4, 2010
Backdoor.Pihar!gen1	6/10	0	February 15, 2012
Backdoor.PinkSlipBot	6/10	0	June 24, 2016
Backdoor.pirpi			November 5, 2010
Backdoor.Pirpi.D	6/10	0	April 15, 2013
Backdoor.Pled	6/10	0	November 28, 2019
Backdoor.POISON.BQA			February 15, 2011
Backdoor.Poison.bta	6/10	0	June 24, 2013
Backdoor.Poison.BU	6/10	12	November 28, 2019
Backdoor.PoisonIvy.j			August 13, 2007
Backdoor.Pontoeb	6/10	0	December 30, 2011
Backdoor.Preft			September 1, 2014
Backdoor.Prioxer.B	6/10	0	April 11, 2013
Backdoor.Prioxer.C	6/10	0	October 8, 2013
Backdoor.Prorat!rem	6/10	41	December 9, 2010
Backdoor.Prorat.c	8/10	84	December 7, 2007
Backdoor.Prorat.h	8/10	25	October 30, 2007
Backdoor.ProRAT.K	8/10	16	January 8, 2010
Backdoor.Prorat.T	6/10	74	November 28, 2019
Backdoor.Protos	6/10	9	July 16, 2015
Backdoor.Proxbot	6/10	0	August 8, 2017
Backdoor.ProxyBot	6/10	148	March 5, 2012

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