return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoA hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scalearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1201
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minus-squareoyenyaaow@lemmy.zipcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·20 days agoxz utils backdoor would have been carnage though. it almost succeeded too.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·21 days agoFor what it’s worth, we are living close to the movie Hackers, complete with turning tankers upside down and a new RCE/LPE a day lately.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 days agoRCE is remote code execution; what is LPE?
minus-squareThinker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 days agoLocal Privilege Escalation - i.e. someone who is already a non-admin user (whether through other hacks or normally) on your computer getting admin privileges.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoFFS, I should have known that. I literally did that as an exam in one of my IT Security classes.
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xz utils backdoor would have been carnage though. it almost succeeded too.
For what it’s worth, we are living close to the movie Hackers, complete with turning tankers upside down and a new RCE/LPE a day lately.
RCE is remote code execution; what is LPE?
Local Privilege Escalation - i.e. someone who is already a non-admin user (whether through other hacks or normally) on your computer getting admin privileges.
FFS, I should have known that. I literally did that as an exam in one of my IT Security classes.
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