How the XZ backdoor works [LWN.net] lwn.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lwn.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A backdoor that seems to have been purposely placed in the open source XZ Utils data compression library could have led to widespread compromise across the Linux ecosystem, and the community is on the trail of an individual developer who seems to be behind it.
Developer stumbles upon malicious backdoor while trying to improve performance htxt.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from htxt.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A curious Microsoft employee has saved the world from a potential global meltdown as several Linux distros were found vulnerable to an XZ backdoor tracked under CVE-2024-3094 (CVSS score of 10.0).
Supply Chain Attack: Major Linux Distributions Impacted by XZ Utils Backdoor securityweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from securityweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.