Name: The Critical Path to Implant Backdoors and Potential Mitigation Techniques: Learnings from XZ - René Mayrhofer & Mario Lins, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Start: 2024-09-16T09:05:00+0200
End: 2024-09-16T09:50:00+0200

September 16-17, 2024 | Vienna, Austria
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Monday September 16, 2024 09:05 - 09:50 CEST

Hall L3

An emerging supply-chain attack due to a backdoor in XZ Utils has been identified. The backdoor allows an attacker to run commands remotely on vulnerable servers utilizing SSH without prior authentication. We have analyzed the critical attack path to discuss current mitigation strategies for such kinds of supply-chain attacks.

Speakers

René Mayrhofer

Professor for Networks and Security, Johannes Kepler University Linz

René Mayrhofer acts as head of the Institute of Networks and Security and LIT Secure and Correct Systems Lab at Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Austria. Previously, he was the Director of Android Platform Security at Google and continues to be involved with Android security... Read More →

Mario Lins

University Assistant, Johannes Kepler University Linz

Mario Lins is a university assistant at the Institute of Networks and Security at Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz, Austria. He received his Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.) degree in computer science with focus on Information Security and Software Technology from Graz University of Technology... Read More →

Monday September 16, 2024 09:05 - 09:50 CEST
Hall L3

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René Mayrhofer

Mario Lins

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