XZ Utils Supply Chain Attack: A Threat Actor Spent Two Years to Implement a Linux Backdoor
Read about a supply chain attack that involves XZ Utils, a data compressor widely used in Linux systems, and learn how to protect from this threat.
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Read about a supply chain attack that involves XZ Utils, a data compressor widely used in Linux systems, and learn how to protect from this threat.
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Data related to Operation Diànxùn shows that victims were lured to a website purporting to be a career page for Huawei — widely regarded as the leader in the 5G space. Several governments, including the US, have barred the use of Huawei's 5G technology out of fears that it might contain backdoors that enable widespread spying. There's nothing to indicate that Huawei is in any way connected to the current threat campaign, however, McAfee says. According to the security vendor, it's unclear how the attackers initially lured victims to the phishing site. But once victims got there, they were...