Warning — Linux Mint Website Hacked and ISOs replaced with Backdoored Operating System

Are you also the one who downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th? You may have been Infected!



Linux Mint is one of the best and popular Linux distros available today, but if you have downloaded and installed the operating system recently you might have done so using a malicious ISO image.



Here's why:



Last night, Some unknown hacker or group of hackers had managed to hack into the

Juniper Firewalls with ScreenOS Backdoored Since 2012

Juniper Networks has announced that it has discovered "unauthorized code" in ScreenOS, the operating system for its NetScreen firewalls, that could allow an attacker to decrypt traffic sent through Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).



It's not clear what caused the code to get there or how long it has been there, but the release notes posted by Juniper suggest the earliest buggy versions of

FBI Director Asks Tech Companies to At least Don't Offer End-to-End Encryption

FBI declared War against Encryption.



Encryption is defeating government intelligence agencies to detect terrorist activities and after the recent ISIS-linked terror attacks in Paris and California, the issue has once again become a political target in Washington.

...and meanwhile, Kazakhstan plans to make it Mandatory for its Citizens to Install Internet Backdoor, allowing the government

Backdoor in Baidu Android SDK Puts 100 Million Devices at Risk

The China's Google-like Search Engine Baidu is offering a software development kit (SDK) that contains functionality that can be abused to give backdoor-like access to a user's device, potentially exposing around 100 Million Android users to malicious hackers.



The SDK in question is Moplus, which may not be directly available to the public but has already made its way into more than 14,000

​SYNful Knock: Backdoor Malware Found in Cisco Routers

Mandiant, a FireEye sister concern has been involved in researches related to cyber defense.



In their recent findings, a backdoor malware named SYNful Knock identified as the one compromising the principles of Cisco routers with features such as...



...Having an everlasting effect, i.e. Serious Persistence.



What?- The malicious program is implanted in the router