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The Hail Mary Cloud and the Lessons Learned

Posted by timothy on from the not-so-full-of-grace dept.

badger.foo writes "Against ridiculous odds and even after gaining some media focus, the botnet dubbed The Hail Mary Cloud apparently succeeded in staying under the radar and kept compromising Linux machines for several years. This article sums up the known facts about the botnet and suggests some practical measures to keep your servers safe."

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  1. Dumb *BSD guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am writing this on a BSD machine, but this guy is a disingenuous SHILL. If you have a computer connected to the interwombs, just USE A FUCKING STRONG PASSWORD: NOT: Anna123, PeterPan, Fuckme, dumbass, microsoft, sleaze, shill, whore, foss USE: 767.211.856.543. Too much work for you ? Then don't have an ssh port open on the interwombs. Please don't reproduce either, because you are simply too retarded to get the obvious fix (strong password).