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The Solidity Language open-source package was used in a $500,000 crypto heist (securelist.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/cybersecurity

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[–] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Someone used a hammer to smash a window and steal stuff. Quick, ban hammers!!!

Getting rid of the tools to exploit vulnerabilities doesn't get rid of the vulnerabilities, and security by obscurity is not security.

[–] kristoff 2 points 2 months ago

Concerning this particular article, perhaps the vulnerability here are not a mallicious software packages, but the management of these software repo's.

Should it be possible to upload a package on a repo with 99% of the same name as one that already exists without some additional checks?

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