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Thwarted Linux backdoor hints at smarter hacks
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-11-06

Software developers on Wednesday detected and thwarted a hacker's scheme to submerge a slick backdoor in the next version of the Linux kernel, but security experts say the abortive caper proves that extremely subtle source code tampering is more than just the stuff of paranoid speculation.

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Thwarted Linux backdoor hints at smarter hacks 2003-11-11
Cid Skid the Former Script K1d (3 replies)
Thwarted Linux backdoor hints at smarter hacks 2003-11-15
Anonymous
khm.. i would look for a system daemon, that sets these flags...

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