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Author Topic: KiwiSDR backdoor  (Read 1437 times)


Offline NJQA

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Re: KiwiSDR backdoor
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2021, 1305 UTC »
Check to see that your KiwiSDR is updated to V1.461.

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Re: KiwiSDR backdoor
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2021, 1655 UTC »
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/for-years-a-backdoor-in-popular-kiwisdr-product-gave-root-to-project-developer/

On Wednesday, users learned that for years, their devices had been equipped with a backdoor that allowed the KiwiSDR creator—and possibly others—to log in to the devices with administrative system rights

FWIW, this has been public knowledge since at least 2017, not just since Wednesday. We're better off without this 'feature' as it was implemented, but I'm not sure we need to get the pitchforks out either :)

And yes, update to 1.461.
« Last Edit: July 16, 2021, 1701 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: KiwiSDR backdoor
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2021, 0304 UTC »
Agree entirely, Chris.

The auto update brought my Kiwis up to the recommended rev.
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