XZ Gon' Give It To Ya
Last Friday the internet was rocked with the discovery of an exploit in xz-utils that was not only well-put-together technically, but also an example of extremely effective long game social engineering. I could share my opinions, but the takes I’ve seen have actually been fairly nuanced and thoughtful, if (justifiably!) pessimistic, from people with more experience and more familiarity than I have.
So instead I made this.
I wasn’t up to performing this one, but this is still in the series I started many years ago of “computer security exploit song parodies”.