Linux open to backdoor password

A team of Internet security researchers say they’ve found a serious security hole in the most popular distribution of the Linux operating system. According to Internet Security Systems Inc., there’s a backdoor account in Red Hat Inc.'s (rhat) Linux that would let a computer intruder access and alter files on some computers running Red Hat’s most recent version of Linux. But a spokesperson for Red Hat downplayed the flaw, saying few Red Hat users had been exposed to it. Full story. -- MSNBC