http://hackno.org linux jargon Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:43:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://hackno.org/2011/09/oh-noes-kernel-org-hacked/ http://hackno.org/2011/09/oh-noes-kernel-org-hacked/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:43:34 +0000 hackno http://hackno.org/?p=6 The attack that compromised some high-value servers belonging to kernel.org — but not the Linux kernel source code — may have been the work of hackers who simply got lucky and didn’t realize the value of the servers that they had gotten their hands on. The attackers made a couple of mistakes that enabled the system administrators at kernel.org to discover the breach and stop it before any major damage occurred. First, they used a known Linux rootkit called Phalanx that the administrators were able to detect. Second, the attackers set up SSH backdoors on the compromised servers, which the administrators also discovered.

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