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Trojan Found in libpcap and tcpdump

Posted by michael on from the when-your-packet-sniffer-won't dept.

msolnik writes "Members of The Houston Linux Users Group discovered that the newest sources of libpcap and tcpdump available from tcpdump.org were contaminated with trojan code. HLUG has notified the maintainers of tcpdump.org. See our reports here or here."

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  1. MOD PARENT-DOWN - AGAINST GROUPTHINK! by yatest5 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    discussion site in discourages discussion shocker

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    • Mod parent up! [a] by Anonymous Coward (Score:5) Thurs, June 31, @13:37
  2. Re:as soon as this evening... by zen+parse · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Comment Submitted. There will be a delay before the comment becomes part of the static page. What you submitted appears below. If there is a mistake...well, you should have used the 'Preview' button! Oops. HTML is hard.

  3. 1963 == Year Kennedy was shot by toupsie · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Could this be related to the year that Kennedy was shot? The aniversary is on Nov. 22.

    Nah probably not...

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