XZ Backdoor Supply Chain Vulnerability: What You Should Know
Offered By: Pluralsight
Course Description
Overview
Get to know how you might be affected by the XZ Utils backdoor vulnerability, and what you can do to assess and mitigate the impact.
This course discusses how a trusted Github collaborator implanted a backdoor into a popular Linux software tool used for compressing software packages such as release tarballs, kernel images and initramfs images, amongst other things. We’ll cover why it’s important and how you can risk-assess your exposure, as well as providing guidance on how to mitigate the risk.
This course discusses how a trusted Github collaborator implanted a backdoor into a popular Linux software tool used for compressing software packages such as release tarballs, kernel images and initramfs images, amongst other things. We’ll cover why it’s important and how you can risk-assess your exposure, as well as providing guidance on how to mitigate the risk.
Syllabus
- XZ Backdoor Supply Chain Vulnerability: What You Should Know 20mins
- Resources 0mins
Taught by
Matthew Lloyd Davies
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