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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:LaTeX by distributed.karma · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmm, I also use latex a lot when working with computers. Oh wait, not THAT kinda latex..

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  2. Microsoft has been trying this for years by infonography · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since 1991 they have been trying to dupe gulliable manager into moving UNIX shops into targets for IE bugs and snooping. Their most recent overt attempt has been a browser product which they call IE for UNIX

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