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Unix Shell-Scripting Malware

Posted by timothy on from the one-day-it-will-get-bad dept.

sheriff_p writes: "Virus Bulletin are running an article on Unix shell scripting malware, citing a 'zeitgeist' of interest in *nix malware following the release of {Win32/Linux}/Simile.D. The article looks at possible infection methods, possible actions the virus could take, and at a couple of real-world examples..."

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  1. Re:The easiest malware might be cd or ls by Phroggy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Do you have "." in your path?

    This is why . is at the end of my path, and it's not in root's path at all.

    --
    $x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
    $x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;