mFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoUnveiling the xz Utils Backdoor which deliberately opens our SSH connections for RCAswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down116
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-linkUnveiling the xz Utils Backdoor which deliberately opens our SSH connections for RCAswww.youtube.commFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareBOFH666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·7 months agoThanks for the pointer. This is really huge, but people don’t quite understand that yet. If this wasn’t caught, every system -running public sshd- could be hacked or abused/misused. And I completely agree with the last words, corporate should pay foss projects!
minus-squareSMillerNL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoEven paid it might be hard to find maintainers with knowledge of the code
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 months agohttps://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dependency_2x.png
Thanks for the pointer.
This is really huge, but people don’t quite understand that yet.
If this wasn’t caught, every system -running public sshd- could be hacked or abused/misused.
And I completely agree with the last words, corporate should pay foss projects!
Even paid it might be hard to find maintainers with knowledge of the code
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dependency_2x.png