Scientists have devised a chip design to ensure microprocessors haven t been surreptitiously equipped with malicious backdoors. Researchers have spotted notable code overlap between the Sunburst backdoor and a known Turla weapon. Examining the backdoor s DNS communications led researchers to find a government agency and a big U.S. telco that were flagged for further exploitation in the spy campaign. Read the full article here: http://www.mailonline.co.uk/report/suspective-findings-and-details.
Source: https://threatpost.com/cpu-design-can-warn-backdoor-tampering-051310/73962/