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Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by knoxa2511 on Monday April 01, 2024 @01:19PM (#39896512)
Sysdig released a blog on friday. "For runtime detection, one way to go about it is to watch for the loading of the malicious library by SSHD. These shared libraries often include the version in their filename."

The blog has the actual rule content which I haven't seen from other security vendors

https://sysdig.com/blog/cve-2024-3094-detecting-the-sshd-bac...

Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by RamRodification on Monday April 01, 2024 @03:42PM (#39898274)
That relies on knowing what to look for. I.e. "the malicious library". The question is whether any of these solutions could catch it without knowing about it beforehand and having a detection rule specifically made for it.
Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by acdha on Monday April 01, 2024 @02:31PM (#39897445)
Thanks! That’s a little disappointing since I would have thought that the way it hooked those functions could’ve been caught by a generic heuristic but perhaps that’s more common than I thought.
Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by acid__ on Monday April 01, 2024 @08:52PM (#39901191)
My experience from working in the security space is that all the tech is pretty un-sexy (with very good sales pitches), and none of it will save you from a nation-state attacker.
Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by acdha on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @08:13AM (#39904852)
Same. I was hoping to be wrong in my cynicism but…