- A volunteer stops a Linux backdoor from exposing systems worldwide by detecting suspicious activity during micro-benchmarking.
- Linux narrowly avoids a massive cyber attack due to a backdoor in XZ Utils, a compression tool widely used in Linux distributions.
- The backdoor was inserted into the remote log-in of Linux, potentially compromising numerous systems globally.
- The volunteer, Andres Freund, identified the backdoor in XZ libraries and alerted the security community, prompting emergency alerts from companies like Red Hat and Debian.
- The incident highlights the reliance on unpaid volunteers in open-source projects and the need for sustainable maintenance practices to prevent major vulnerabilities in software infrastructure.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24119342/xz-utils-linux-backdoor-attempt
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