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Ab	31st March 2024 11:43

sshd backdoored

Holy fuck

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-s...y/2024/03/29/4

Made iit into Debian unstable and testing, and Fedora Rawhide! Jesus.

Edit: and MacOS Homebrew!

Lightspeed

31st March 2024 14:42

Geez, that's crazy. Imagine if that went unnoticed.

Cyberbob

31st March 2024 17:12

It was only noticed because a Microsoft engineer noticed a 500ms lag in xz.

Ab	31st March 2024 20:30

It warms the cockles of my heart that there are nerds out there who get curiosity at a level of mental illness when they see a process take half a second longer than it should.

Ab	1st April 2024 13:29

More details on how the backdoor was discovered:

https://doublepulsar.com/inside-the-...e-bbfe628fafdd

xor	2nd April 2024 14:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab (Post 2028979)

It warms the cockles of my heart that there are nerds out there who get curiosity at a level of mental illness when they see a process take half a second longer than it should.

Autism levels are high in this sector

_indigo1

2nd April 2024 21:16

OFC
If someone pays attention to detail, it's autism 🙄

StN	3rd April 2024 12:36

Hmm - perhaps Myers-Briggs wasn't a "Business tool" after all... Shit, they even classed types by colour - the same colours that are found in a spectrum!!!!

StN	3rd April 2024 12:37

Also, Ubuntu managed to stay safe?

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