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Linux.Sshdkit attacks Linux servers

22
Feb
2013

The growing number of incidents involving compromised Linux web servers led Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web to conduct its own investigation into matter. Its analysts found that a Trojan horse, dubbed Linux.Sshdkit by Dr.Web, was sometimes being employed to steal passwords on servers running Linux. The malware is a library file available for 32- and […]

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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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