linux malware

[Lisa Kachold]

Hi Derek,

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 11/15/2012 03:46 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote:
>
>>
>> Perhaps we should create a massive [Chinese] spam campaign that installs
>> a bot-net to infect with http://sourceforge.net/**projects/statix/<http://sourceforge.net/projects/statix/>and track Linux desktops?
>>
>
> I've read of a few examples of malware written for MacOS.  Is there any
> malware out there that targets linux boxes?   If so, what kind of a threat
> is it to people who run linux at home?
>
> Thanks
>

Yes,

Malware exists that targets linux indirectly (as in browser and Adobe
based) and directly.

Check out the online registry:  http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/MHR/


Detection: http://www.rfxn.com/projects/linux-malware-detect/



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