Backdoored OS

Recap Nella giornata del 21 Febbraio la distribuzione Linux Mint è stata attaccata e, a seguito dell’intrusione, l’aggressore è stato in grado di modificare la ISO della versione 17.3 Cinnamon Edition, inserendo una backdoor al suo interno. "Hackers made a modified Linux Mint ISO, with a backdoor in it, and managed to hack our website to point to it," Clement Lefebvre - head of Linux Mint project Tralasciando le modalità dell’attacco a Wordpress, la successiva compromissione del sito web e del forum (password del...

Backdoored OS

Recap On February 21 Linux Mint was attacked and, as a result of the intrusion, the attacker was able to backdoor the ISO (Cinnamon Edition v17.3). "Hackers made a modified Linux Mint ISO, with a backdoor in it, and managed to hack our website to point to it," Clement Lefebvre - head of Linux Mint project Aside from the Wordpress attack, the subsequent forum dump (database password: "upMint.", seriously?) and the analysis of the malware (Tsunami/Kaiten), this incident made me think about a long-term...