Microsoft software engineer Andres Freund discovers a backdoor lurking in the XZ Utils data-compression tools, which are open source and widely used across Linux distributions.
An alert about a critical Linux vulnerability, a warning about password-spray attacks on Cisco VPNs, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Monday, April 1st, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Linux administrators and developers must take fast action after the discovery of a backdoor