Re: linux malware

so should we all be worried about it, Lisa?
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:

> Hi Derek,
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan@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/
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> Detection: http://www.rfxn.com/projects/linux-malware-detect/
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