Linux got wrecked by backdoor attack

Published: 01 April 2024
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A popular compression library called XZ Utils was recently backdoored by a hacker which compromised Linux distros like Debian, OpenSUSE, Fedora, and Kali. Learn how the liblzma hack happened who is behind it.

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Details of XZ vulnerability https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-se...
CVE-2024-3094 https://access.redhat.com/security/cv...
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