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Popular PyPI Package ‘ctx’ and PHP Library ‘phpass’ Hijacked to Steal AWS Keys

24

May

2022

Two trojanized Python and PHP packages have been uncovered in what’s yet another instance of a software supply chain attack targeting the open source ecosystem. One of the packages in question is “ctx,” a Python module available in the PyPi repository. The other involves “phpass,” a PHP package that’s been forked on GitHub to distribute […]

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Attackers tried to insert backdoor into PHP source code

29

Mar

2021

The PHP development team has averted an attempted supply chain compromise that could have opened a backdoor into many web servers. What happened? “[On Sunday, March 28] two malicious commits were pushed to the php-src repo from the names of Rasmus Lerdorf and myself. We don’t yet know how exactly this happened, but everything points […]

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ASK Sucuri: What about the backdoors?

09

Sep

2011

If you have any question about malware, blacklisting, or security in general, send it to us: contact@sucuri.net and we will answer here. For all the “ask sucuri” answers, go here.Question: What about the backdoors? Why are they so hard to find? How do you guys find them?When a site gets compromised, one thing we know […]

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