return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoA hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scalearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
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minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoFor what it’s worth, we are living close to the movie Hackers, complete with turning tankers upside down and a new RCE/LPE a day lately.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoRCE is remote code execution; what is LPE?
minus-squareThinker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoLocal Privilege Escalation - i.e. someone who is already a non-admin user (whether through other hacks or normally) on your computer getting admin privileges.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoFFS, I should have known that. I literally did that as an exam in one of my IT Security classes.
For what it’s worth, we are living close to the movie Hackers, complete with turning tankers upside down and a new RCE/LPE a day lately.
RCE is remote code execution; what is LPE?
Local Privilege Escalation - i.e. someone who is already a non-admin user (whether through other hacks or normally) on your computer getting admin privileges.
FFS, I should have known that. I literally did that as an exam in one of my IT Security classes.