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Linux Worm Darlloz Targets Routers, Security Cameras and Set-Top Boxes

27
Nov
2013

Researchers from Symantec have come across a new Linux worm which theyve dubbed Darlloz. In addition to computers, the threat is also capable of infecting other devices connected to the internet, such as routers, set-top boxes, security cameras and even industrial control systems that run Linux. Acc…

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Slapper

13
Sep
2012

Ten years ago, one of the largest Linux worm outbreaks was underway. Known as Slapper, this worm would infect Linux machines via an OpenSSL vulnerability. Infected Linux servers were organized into a P2P network which could then be used to launch DDoS attacks. Although Slapper was not the first Linux worm (at least ADMworm and […]

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