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4/2/2024 • EN

Timeline of the xz open source attack

A detailed timeline of the multi-year social engineering attack that led to a backdoor in the xz compression library, a major open source supply chain incident.

Backdoor Liblzma open source ssh Supply Chain Security

Russ Cox

10/26/2023 • EN

Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler

Running Ken Thompson's backdoored compiler from his classic 1983 Turing Award lecture 'Reflections on Trusting Trust' to demonstrate supply chain security risks.

Backdoor Compiler Security Quine Supply Chain Trusting Trust

Russ Cox

4/9/2019 • EN

Did you hear about the malicious backdoor discovered in the popular bootstrap-sass Ruby gem?

Analysis of a malicious backdoor discovered in the popular bootstrap-sass Ruby gem, its impact, and essential security best practices for developers.

Backdoor package management ruby security Supply Chain

Liran Tal

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Timeline of the xz open source attack

Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler

Did you hear about the malicious backdoor discovered in the popular bootstrap-sass Ruby gem?

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