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Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/backdoor-found-in-widely-used-linux-utility-breaks-encrypted-ss…

Researchers find malicious code in versions of the Linux compression tool XZ Utils that were incorporated into unstable distributions from Red Hat and Debian (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/

Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections
Malicious code planted in xz Utils has been circulating for more than a month.

i’m sure i’m not the first to make this but i haven’t seen one yet.
(context: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/backdoor-found-in-widely-used-linux-utility-breaks-encrypted-ssh-connections/)<…

Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility targets encrypted SSH connections
Malicious code planted in xz Utils has been circulating for more than a month.

When the dust settles: Remaining Questions of Privacy vs Utility under the DMA [Promoted content]
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-58526320-b42d108b3aa6ddf8
When the dust settles: Remaining Questions of Privacy vs Utility under the DMA [Promot…

CVE-2024-28085 essentially exploits improperly filtered escape sequences provided via command line arguments to trick users into creating a fake sudo (aka superuser do) prompt on other users' terminals and trick them into entering their passwords.
However, for this to work, the mesg utility – which controls the ability to display messages from other users – has to be set to "y" (i.e., enabled) and the wall command has to have setgid permissions.
CVE-2024-28085 impac…

New Linux Bug Could Lead to User Password Leaks and Clipboard Hijacking
A new Linux vulnerability puts user passwords at risk. It exploits the "wall" command to potentially leak passwords on Ubuntu & Debian systems.

A backdoor in a popular Linux utility has been discovered, compromising encrypted SSH connections. https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1brdrgc/

Being more of an OR person than an economist I would phrase it as an optimisation problem.
As you increase your consumption of alcohol your General Happiness (utility) increases and then at some point, as you start to get a headache, fall over and begin to vomit it decreases again.
At some level of alcohol consumption and consequential intoxication you maximise your happiness (utility).
If money is an issue (and it rarely isn't for students) then this then reduces the i…

A backdoor in a popular Linux utility has been discovered, compromising encrypted SSH connections. https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1brdrgc/

Anyone know of a #macOS equivalent to Solaris/Linux/*BSD ‘getent' for querying the system name resolver (i.e. not just querying unicast DNS)? (And how is this not a #POSIX utility?)
I went as far as writing enough C (~30 lines) to trivially wrap gethostby{addr,name}() some time back but I should r…

Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility targets encrypted SSH connections
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Yeah, I'm a back door man
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