Backdoors in IDEs – RootedCON 2015 Talk

By |18 May. 2015|

This article describes in detail the content of “Bend the developers to your will” talk given by Miguel Tarascó and included in RoodCON 2015 Congress. 1. Why developers? Developers are an infection vector and a very interesting entry point in companies since they are usually privileged users having access to configuration credentials or files. In many cases, they hold production servers access and as they are humans, they need to look for information or “inspiration” on the Internet. 2. Objectives. The main aim of the talk is not tackling how to infect code, but stepping backwards in order to have an overview of a developer daily routine. Then, we are going to analyze which tools developers use and which ones ...