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cPGuard CDN hijacked, backdooring thousands of Linux hosts

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cPGuard experienced a supply chain attack where its content delivery network was compromised on November 2nd. Malicious builds of cPGuard versions 5.88.12 through 5.88.19 were distributed, leading to approximately 2,900 Linux hosts being backdoored. The attackers successfully stole sensitive information including password hashes, database configurations, and SSH keys. AI

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cPGuard CDN hijacked, backdooring thousands of Linux hosts

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · burso ·

    cPGuard's update CDN was hijacked Nov 2. Malicious builds 5.88.12–19 backdoored Linux hosts (~2.9k affected) and stole password hashes, DB config & SSH keys. Up

    cPGuard's update CDN was hijacked Nov 2. Malicious builds 5.88.12–19 backdoored Linux hosts (~2.9k affected) and stole password hashes, DB config & SSH keys. Update to 5.88.25+ and rotate credentials. # CyberSecurity # SupplyChain # Linux # AI

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