2013/8/31 <[email protected]>: > http://news.drweb.com/show/?i=3868&lng=en&c=14 > > Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about a new malignant > program for Linux which has been dubbed Linux.Hanthie. A thorough analysis > showed that this Trojan (also known as the Hand of Thief) is equipped not > only with a wide array malicious features but also can conceal itself from > anti-viruses. >
The positive point is that it needs social engineering to spread it. This is not the first trojan for linux and won't be the last one. I think it doesn't mean that Linux isn't a secure system. The point is: The human remains the critical point. In fact, this trojan is quite complex and can fool even anti-vírus engines that create environments "dummy" or "faked" to deceive the operations of the trojan. This one can detect that it is in an environment like these and do not operate as intended. So, it will only "work for real" when it sees that it's a real environment. And that's why I don't like when I see people using root all the time for every simple task. _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
