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2008/08/25

Redhat & Fedora hacked

As posted on Slashdot, Redhat has been hacked.

The WiKID ISO and thus the VMWare image are based on Centos 5. We ran Redhat's openssh-blacklist script on a 3.0 iso install and got a clean report. I suspect that Redhat caught the attack before it was propagated downstream. However, if you are running the WiKID iso and you're updating the system yourself or you have installed the RPM version, please take a quick second to make sure your secure by running the script.

I am interested in how the breach occurred, as are most commentators on Slashdot.

Category(s): Two Factor Authentication; Authentication Attacks; WiKID

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