Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (April 02, 2024)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for April 02, 2024 :</p>
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A16Z Blogs Are Just Glorified Marketing
Summary: Frank Liu criticizes a16z's blog posts, claiming they are glorified marketing for their portfolio companies. He cites examples of a16z's bias in their content, such as omitting competitors of their portfolio companies. Liu acknowledges the value of a16z's content but argues that presenting it as impartial is misleading.
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Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backdoor
Summary: GitHub user amlweems has shared a repository called xzbot, which explores the xz backdoor (CVE-2024-3094). The repository includes a honeypot, a fake vulnerable server to detect exploit attempts, an ED448 patch, a backdoor format, and a backdoor demo. The xz backdoor can be triggered by connecting with an SSH certificate containing a payload in the CA signing key N value.
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