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canpolat to ProgrammingEnglish · 1 year ago

What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world

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What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world

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canpolat to ProgrammingEnglish · 1 year ago
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Malicious updates made to a ubiquitous tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream.
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    The industry has too long neglected the true threat posed to information security by the platypi.

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      Platypodes

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        Platypoxen

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          Platyhaxor

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            Pl4tyh4x0r

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              Pl0x

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              Pretty sure I’ve seen that one on IRC in the 90’s

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        Platypoodles

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          Dammit, this attacker is sounding more and more adorable!

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