Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar...
by squarefoot on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @06:09PM
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> Injecting malware in a single small widely distributed program and remaining stealthy for any length of time is a lot harder if it's open source.
Case in point, the famous Borland InterBase backdoor that went unnoticed for about 7 years and 3 versions of the software but was discovered in 8 months by one developer after Borland released InterBase as Open Source.
Case in point, the famous Borland InterBase backdoor that went unnoticed for about 7 years and 3 versions of the software but was discovered in 8 months by one developer after Borland released InterBase as Open Source.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/borland-interbase-backdoor-det...