linux malware

[Derek Trotter]

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/ 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