What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world
NIGHTMARE SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK SCENARIO —
Malicious updates made to a ubiquitous tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream.
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On Friday, researchers revealed the discovery of a backdoor that was intentionally planted in xz Utils, an open-source data compression utility available on almost all installations of Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. The person or people behind this proje...
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