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Nastier attackNastier attackPosted Jul 15, 2008 4:46 UTC (Tue) by dvdeug (subscriber, #10998)In reply to: Nastier attack by rgmoore Parent article: Study: Attacks on package managers
Why is this a nasty attack? Compare to: 1. Portscan a lot of computers; save the results 2. When there's a security update, hit the computers running that program It doesn't require you to have a mirror (and hence a large traceable presence) and hits all targets, not just one distro. It's less targetted, but how often has that been a problem in Internet attacks?
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