In the Linux world, choosing the right file compression tool can greatly impact your workflow. gzip offers speed, bzip2 a balance, and xz the best compression ratio.

In this case, the hackers had infiltrated a popular open source program called XZ. Slowly, over the course of two years, they transformed XZ into a secret backdoor. And if they hadn't been caught ...

What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world Malicious updates made to a ubiquitous tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream.

On March 29, 2024, it was revealed that the compression tool ' XZ Utils ' had a malicious backdoor. Google engineer Russ Cox has compiled a chronological summary of how the backdoor was installed ...

The XZ Utils backdoor that recently sent ripples of concern through the Linux community may have only been the beginning.

Details are starting to emerge about a stunning supply chain attack that sent the open source software community reeling.