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Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by 400thecat on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @07:47AM (#39916187)
why does the backdoor rely on symbol lookup? is it because of the use of IFUNC ?
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Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by saagarjha on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @09:38AM (#39917309)
I believe it is looking for functions in OpenSSH that do key validation etc
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