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Last month; SSH was nearly backdoored with nobody noticing. SSH, open source software, and one of the most important pieces of software ever written for securit
by gjsman-1000 2y ago
Last month; SSH was nearly backdoored with nobody noticing. SSH, open source software, and one of the most important pieces of software ever written for security, was extremely close to failure.
If that had happened, an attacker very well could have ended the entire internet as we know it. Imagine if that hacker merely used that backdoor to get into Windows Update servers, Google Play servers, or sent out a CrowdStrike update.
We were within weeks of nothing being safe.
- undebuggable 2y agoA round decade after Heartbleed... it just periodically reminds that it needs some attention and love. People just use it paying nothing.
- hypeatei 2y agoNo security vulnerability, even an OpenSSH bug, would result in the internet being taken down overnight. There are organizations and people who apply "security in layers" mindset so that one slip up doesn't result in a complete takeover of systems.