Groups > alt.os.linux.mint > #19970

Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads

From	Johnny <johnny@invalid.net>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.mint
Subject	Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads
Date	2016-02-22 13:55 -0600
Organization	albasani.net
Message-ID	<20160222135509.43f65d8a@jspc> (permalink)
References	(1 earlier) <naepoh$jpa$1@dont-email.me> <dj0pmpFsf3mU1@mid.individual.net> <ercmcbdovl4bpdgd49l700gg99jcjqpfmt@7ax.com> <dj0t40Ftc51U1@mid.individual.net> <oenmcbpj0c75a7gk4mfqvsbtbaq5dpbvso@net.com>

Show all headers | View raw

On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:15:54 +0100
Yrrah <Yrrah-aolm@aolm.invalid> wrote:

> Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>:
> 
> > That is a 'good' mirror.  
> 
> Because you say so? How secure are the repos and the mirrors? Who
> knows? Nobody, I guess.
> 
> Yrrah
> 

If linuxmint.com can get hacked, I'm sure other servers can also.

From the Linux Mint Blog:

 k0nsl Says:
February 21st, 2016 at 2:32 am

I’ll ask this question, without knowing the intrinsic details, or any
specific details other than what has been posted above; did the breach
have anything to do with the fact that you’re running WordPress?

Best wishes and thanks for the heads up.

-k0nsl

Edit by Clem: Yes, the breach was made via wordpress. From there they
got a www-data shell.

http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2994

WordPress
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WordPress was used by more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites as
of January 2015.[8] WordPress is the most popular blogging system in
use on the Web,[9] at more than 60 million websites.[10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress#Vulnerabilities

Back to alt.os.linux.mint | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2016-02-22 03:44 -0600
  Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads TimW <tim@mysurname.me.uk> - 2016-02-22 11:03 +0000
    Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-02-22 08:01 -0800
      Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads FredW <fredw@ninmule.invalid> - 2016-02-22 17:31 +0100
        Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-02-22 08:59 -0800
          Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-02-22 09:50 -0800
            Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-02-22 10:12 -0800
          Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads FredW <fredw@ninmule.invalid> - 2016-02-22 19:29 +0100
            Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-02-22 10:43 -0800
              Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads FredW <fredw@ninmule.invalid> - 2016-02-22 20:08 +0100
                Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-02-22 11:53 -0800
            Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2016-02-23 05:42 -0600
              Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-02-23 19:34 +0000
                Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads stepore <linshine@here.now> - 2016-02-23 20:59 -0800
              Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads stepore <linshine@here.now> - 2016-02-23 21:02 -0800
                Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2016-02-24 00:50 -0600
          Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Yrrah <Yrrah-aolm@aolm.invalid> - 2016-02-22 20:15 +0100
            Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2016-02-22 13:55 -0600
        Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Andy <nospam@no.no> - 2016-02-22 21:57 +0000
      Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-02-22 08:49 -0800
      Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads stepore <linshine@here.now> - 2016-02-22 20:51 -0800
        Re: Hacker explains how he put "backdoor" in hundreds of Linux Mint downloads Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-02-23 02:51 -0800

csiph-web