Geeky Gadgets

Understanding the Linux Backdoor and its implications for Open Source development

The Linux operating system, renowned for its robust security as a pillar of open-source software, has recently faced scrutiny due to a backdoor discovered in its Secure Shell (SSH) service. This ...
Ars Technica

Here’s how carefully concealed backdoor in fake AWS files escaped mainstream notice

Researchers have determined that two fake AWS packages downloaded hundreds of times from the open source NPM JavaScript repository contained carefully concealed code that backdoored developers’ ...
Lifehacker

How to Start a 'Backdoor' Roth IRA (and When You Should)

March 27, 2024 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If your income exceeds the limits for contributing directly to a Roth IRA, there's still a way to fund one ...
Dark Reading

XZ Utils Backdoor Implanted in Carefully Executed, Multiyear Supply Chain Attack

A newly discovered backdoor in XZ Utils, a data compression utility present in nearly all Linux distributions, has revived the ghosts of previous major software-supply chain security scares such as ...
Wired

The XZ Backdoor: Everything You Need to Know

On Friday, a lone Microsoft developer rocked the world when he revealed a backdoor had been intentionally planted in XZ Utils, an open source data compression utility available on almost all ...