‼️H&R Block Business 2025 Backdoor‼️

I found a TLS backdoor in H&R Block software. They install a wildcard root CA (expiry 2049) into your trusted root certificate store and include the private key in the application DLL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5paxvYkz1QE

https://hrbackdoor.yifanlu.com

H&R Block Business 2025 Backdoor Exposed

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@yifanlu Cool find 😎.

I learned about your disclosure this morning when it made it onto this week's #SecurityNow Ep1071 and then saw it go by here on mastodon not long after.

And yes, why are commercial bug reporting platforms such a PITA to deal with trying to get someone to actually listen. Having a public reporting mechanism feels like such a "box ticking exercise" from their end.