Re: DAEMON Tools vs daemontools

From	jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: DAEMON Tools vs daemontools
Date	2026-05-06 12:24 -0400
Organization	atr2net 2026
Message-ID	<87a4ucld4g.fsf@atr2.ath.cx> (permalink)
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Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> “Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong
> supply-chain attack”
> <https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/widely-used-daemon-tools-disk-app-backdoored-in-monthlong-supply-chain-attack/>:

Looks like they are talking about Windows stuff.
https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/kaspersky-identifies-ongoing-supply-chain-attack-on-official-daemon-tools-website-distributing-backdoor-malware

>Specifically, attackers tampered with legitimate application binaries
>to execute malicious code at process startup and leveraged a legitimate
>Windows service to maintain persistence on the host.

This one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_Tools

Not this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemontools

Why the Windows one uses the term "daemon" when it has nothing to do
with daemons I don't know.

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DAEMON Tools vs daemontools Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 22:35 +0000
  Re: DAEMON Tools vs daemontools Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-05 19:22 -0400
  Re: DAEMON Tools vs daemontools jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-05-06 12:24 -0400
    Re: DAEMON Tools vs daemontools John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 09:40 -0700

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