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Backdoor Found In UnrealIRCd Source Archive

Posted by timothy on from the channel-is-pwn3d dept.

l_bratch writes "A malicious backdoor was added to the UnrealIRCd source archive some time around November 2009. It was not noticed for several months, so many IRC servers are likely to be compromised. A Metasploit exploit already exists."

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  1. Re:It's nice that they're honest. by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It could be worse... You could be the guy at Microsoft that was ordered to write this exploit and then insert it into the codebase without getting caught.

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  2. Re:The remediation advice is wrong by mysidia · · Score: 5, Funny

    May I remind you that the Windows binaries are unaffected?