"Unveiling the XZ Backdoor: Thwarting Cyber-Attacks and Detecting Implants in Linux Binaries"
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Binarly has released an online scanner to detect Linux executables affected by the XZ Utils supply chain attack, CVE-2024-3094. The backdoor, discovered by a Microsoft engineer, was introduced in XZ version 5.6.0 and remained in 5.6.1, impacting a few Linux distributions. Binarly's scanner uses static analysis to identify tampering of transitions in GNU Indirect Function and can detect similar backdoors in other projects. The scanner is available online for unlimited free checks, with a free API for bulk scans also available.
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