unauthorized code

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2016
Government Agencies probed over use of backdoored Juniper equipment

The U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is probing US Government Agencies over use of backdoored Juniper equipment. A number of US Government Agencies are concerned about the use of Juniper firewalls affected by theĀ recently uncovered backdoor. The U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has sentĀ lettersĀ to dozens of government agencies and departments asking […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2015
Unauthorized code found in Juniper’s firewall OS

An operating system running on firewalls sold by Juniper Networks contains unauthorized code that could be exploited to decrypt traffic sent through virtual private networks. AnĀ ā€œunauthorized codeā€ was discovered in theĀ operating system for Juniper NetScreen firewalls. The company admitted the presence of the ā€œunauthorized codeā€Ā that could allowĀ an attackerĀ to decrypt VPN traffic. [ā€œunauthorized codeā€] ā€œcould allow […]