XZ Backdoor Software Supply Chain Attack: Strengthening Our Defenses
A recent security discovery has exposed a critical vulnerability within the XZ Utils library (CVE-2024-3094). Malicious code was embedded in versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1, potentially enabling unauthorized remote access under specific conditions. The exact source of the backdoor is still under investigation, but the details point toward a malicious developer activity that included the following … Read more