Just read a great write-up by Miod Vallat (nprofile…z3y6) on the 2002 OpenSSH trojan incident.
It's a fantastic look at early incident response, code auditing, and how OpenBSD handled one of the first major software supply-chain attacks.
Definitely worth a read:
http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/trojan.html
#openbsd #openssh #security
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"content": "Just read a great write-up by nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqgmxv8pu6t8vhzzv6wttcfw77llefyjgpzfkhyru7ttmld0us2p5sh9z3y6 on the 2002 OpenSSH trojan incident.\n\nIt's a fantastic look at early incident response, code auditing, and how OpenBSD handled one of the first major software supply-chain attacks.\n\nDefinitely worth a read:\nhttp://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/trojan.html\n\n#openbsd #openssh #security\n",
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