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Author: Derek Trotter
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: linux malware
Thanks for the heads up.

On 11/15/2012 06:33 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> Hi Derek,
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Derek Trotter
> < <mailto:expat.arizonan@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 11/15/2012 03:46 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote:

>
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>         Perhaps we should create a massive [Chinese] spam campaign
>         that installs a bot-net to infect with
>         http://sourceforge.net/projects/statix/ and track Linux desktops?

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>     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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