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ufo on April 1, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the x...

We were lucky that the backdoor called attention to itself, because it impacted the performance off ssh and introduced valgrind warnings.

TheBlight on April 1, 2024 [–]

Doesn't that further suggest non-state actor(s)?

ufo on April 2, 2024 | [–]

I've heard that it was only detected because the developer that found it was using different compiler flags than the default. Under default settings, the backdoor was stealthier.

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