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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..."

3 of 212 comments (clear)

  1. And... by TweeKinDaBahx · · Score: -1, Redundant

    as soon as the first Unix worms come out, what are the /. geeks gonna blame? Outlook and Exchange.

    Not because they're the problem, but because these guys spend so much time bashing MS that they won't know what to do when something doesn't work.

    You can mod me down for seeing the truth now...

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    Linux is dead.
    LU
  2. No longer feel privileged by burgburgburg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Only 25 comments and the site had already been /.'ed. And I was feeling so special after the GBA modification thing.

  3. Re:The easiest malware might be cd or ls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    *duh* can you say anything more obvious?