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.Slingup	6/10	7	November 28, 2019
Backdoor.Smadow.gen!A	6/10	2	July 18, 2011
Backdoor.Small.BX	6/10	41	November 28, 2019
Backdoor.Small.hwc			March 10, 2009
Backdoor.Small.PV	6/10	2	November 28, 2019
Backdoor.Small.uc	9/10	12	May 26, 2009
Backdoor.Snifula.D	6/10	0	June 22, 2012
Backdoor.Sogu			August 5, 2011
Backdoor.Sosork	6/10	0	January 31, 2013
Backdoor.Spammy	8/10	0	April 29, 2011
Backdoor.Streamex	6/10	0	February 15, 2017
Backdoor.Stribot			April 27, 2010
Backdoor.Sysscan	8/10	45	October 6, 2016
Backdoor.Tartober	6/10	0	November 28, 2019
Backdoor.TDSS	8/10	25	March 3, 2007
Backdoor.Teambot			January 20, 2011
BackDoor.TeamViewer	6/10	0	May 27, 2016
Backdoor.Tidserv	8/10	0	June 23, 2009
Backdoor.Tidserv!kmem	6/10	3	October 11, 2011
Backdoor.Tidserv.J			January 12, 2010
Backdoor.Tierry	6/10	19	November 28, 2019
Backdoor.Tinxy.H			March 28, 2009
Backdoor.TinyProxy	8/10	0	March 20, 2007
Backdoor.Turkojan!ct			May 23, 2011
Backdoor.Ursap!rts	6/10	16	September 5, 2011

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