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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. Open source by MrNaz · · Score: 0, Troll

    The fact that this can get into the program is a weakness of the open source model. The fact that it can be found so quickly is a strength of the open source model.

    --
    I hate printers.
  2. PAN - PURE AFRICAN NIGGER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, unless you're Google, in which case you're raked over the coals and accused of being at the right hand of the devil himself...

    niggers and coons, niggers and coons, niggers and fucking coons.

    porchmonkey apeman mooncricket jigaboo darkie kneegrow

    what does it say on the inside of a nigger's lips? INFLATE TO 30 PSI

    niggerlips

  3. Re:It's nice that they're honest. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wow. Why the fuck would you use such a shit operating system that can fail so massively? That kind of shit never happens on OS X or Windows.

    Pftf--HAHAHAHA!!!
    (falls on the floor, laughing)