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To: upchuck

[[what happens when Microsoft gives its blessing to a rootkit?

That’s what happened a few months ago and was just now discovered thanks to G DATA Software security analyst Karsten Hahn. Initially, the company received a false-positive alert from a driver that was signed by Microsoft. After a lot of investigation into the matter, it turns out that the positive was valid. A driver signed by Microsoft was redirecting traffic bound for hundreds of IP addresses to a server in China]]

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6 posted on 06/30/2021 9:43:26 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434
>>[[what happens when Microsoft gives its blessing to a rootkit?

John McAfee @officialmcafee
Founder of McAfee Anti-virus
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ยท Jun 3

In my last tweet I explained the virtual impossibility of identifying backdoors or other malicious code developed by a foreign agent in the guise of a software engineer.

I will now explain the process of embedding these agents into targeted companies.
https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1400482858741948424


10 posted on 06/30/2021 9:47:59 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Bob434
This is true: Microsoft Admits It Signed Rootkit Malware That Phones Home To Chinese Military
46 posted on 06/30/2021 6:08:28 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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