Wednesday, April 11, 2001

Security flaw found in Alcatel's high-speed modems Security flaw found in Alcatel's high-speed modems, By Tim Nott It's a security flaw. No, it's a spy. No, it doesn't exist at all. Tsutomu Shimomura, better known for his contribution to, and book about, the arrest of hacker Kevin Mitnick claims to have found a "trapdoor" in Alcatel ADSL modems. On Monday evening, Liberation reported, Shimomura and San Diego Supercomputer Centre colleague Thomas Perrine reported their findings to the Computer Emergency Response Team. The point, continued Liberation, is simple. Anyone can penetrate a computer system linked to the Internet by Alcatel 1000 ADSL and Speed Touch Home modems. http://www.thestandardeurope.com/article/display/0,1151,16251,00.html [Monty Solomon via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 35] 0:00 # G!