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Ambidextrous Linux/Windows Virus

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-it-from-both-ends dept.

Lam1969 writes "Kaspersky Labs has reported a new proof-of-concept virus that can infect both Windows and Linux systems. It's called Virus.Linux.Bi.a/Virus.Win32.Bi.a and affects ELF binaries and .exe's from windows. SANS has a brief item on the cross-platform virus as well, but no information about a patch or signature yet."

2 of 361 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How is it POC? by tktk · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    payload...

    spread...

    backdoor...

    This must be the wet dreams of virus writers.

  2. Re:They Hate my AIBO. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How is a new install of debian the "latest and greatest?"

    apt-get never, ever, ever comes close to getting you the latest version of anything in my experience.
    I may just be n00b though.

    gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)
    mysql Ver 12.22 Distrib 4.0.24, for pc-linux-gnu (i386)