Hello everybody! I’m proud to announce the completion of my Project: UDP-WG. It’s a heavily documented C++ codebase that implements both the UDP Network Protocol, and the WireGuard VPN protocol. These implementations are used to create the main program, which allows instances to communicate with each other using either of these two protocols! The repository …
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The XZ Backdoor: A 10.0 CVSS Exploit We Just Barely Avoided
Introduction The beginning of the calendar year is an important time for the Linux Ecosystem, as it sees the release of many important projects and distributions. Perhaps most important is the coordinated release of the prolific GNOME desktop environment, who’s biannual release cycle sees a new version in March and September (1), and the Ubuntu …
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RegreSSHion: Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH
On July 1st, 2024, the security firm Qualys published their discovery of a vulnerability within the OpenSSH daemon that allowed for unauthenticated, network-exploitable, remote code execution [1]. As a ubiquitous means of secure access to remote servers, the vulnerability allowed for attackers to gain unfettered, superuser access to a majority of servers running Linux, which …
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