Analysis of the Linux backdoor used in Freenode IRC network compromise

Re:Analysis of the Linux backdoor used in Freenode IRC netwo... by mechazawa on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @10:51AM (#8453654)

Is known what distros are affected by this backdoor, who made it and who knows the magic key?

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Re:Analysis of the Linux backdoor used in Freenode IRC netwo... by privong on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @11:05AM (#8453723)

> Is known what distros are affected by this backdoor

From my understanding of the article, it was a rootkit, rather than a pre-existing backdoor. So it would have been something that was installed after a system had been penetrated using other exploits.

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Re:Analysis of the Linux backdoor used in Freenode IRC netwo... by simgidacav on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @11:41AM (#8453901)

Thanks for the clarification.

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Re:Analysis of the Linux backdoor used in Freenode IRC netwo... by zobzu on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @11:17AM (#8453778)

Yep

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