oceanA to Self Hosted - Self-hosting your services.@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 hours agoWhat's up with dumbware just popping up and getting in the selfhosed newsletter? They have a ton of simple programs made a few days ago.www.dumbware.ioexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up122
arrow-up122external-linkWhat's up with dumbware just popping up and getting in the selfhosed newsletter? They have a ton of simple programs made a few days ago.www.dumbware.iooceanA to Self Hosted - Self-hosting your services.@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareprenatal_confusion@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoIt looks fishy. Happy to see somebody putting something out there but if I am not reading the code I have to trust reputation and the age and number of stars on GitHub (although those can be bought too) are not doing it for me. When will there be the next xz attack thingy?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoIt’s open source, so you can read the code.
minus-squareoceanOPAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoRight? It is even odder to me that the selfhosted newsletter shared it. What is xz attack thingy?
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour ago What is xz attack thingy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor
minus-squareScaatis@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agohttps://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/critical-linux-backdoor-xz-utils-discovered-what-to-know
It looks fishy. Happy to see somebody putting something out there but if I am not reading the code I have to trust reputation and the age and number of stars on GitHub (although those can be bought too) are not doing it for me.
When will there be the next xz attack thingy?
It’s open source, so you can read the code.
Right? It is even odder to me that the selfhosted newsletter shared it.
What is xz attack thingy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor
https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/critical-linux-backdoor-xz-utils-discovered-what-to-know