New Linux Trojan Can Spy on Users by Taking Screenshots and Recording Audio (drweb.com)

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @07:12PM from the take-care-when-yelling-sensitive-personal-information-at-the-screen dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Dr.Web, a Russian antivirus maker, has detected a new threat against Linux users: the Linux.Ekoms.1 trojan. It includes functionality that allows it to take screenshots and record audio. While the screenshot activity is working just fine, Dr.Web says the trojan's audio recording feature has not been turned on, despite being included in the malware's source code. "All information transmitted between the server and Linux.Ekoms.1 is encrypted. The encryption is initially performed using the public key; and the decryption is executed by implementing the RSA_public_decrypt function to the received data. The Trojan exchanges data with the server using AbNetworkMessage."

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Re:Stupid users by Barsteward · 2016-01-19 22:00 · Score: 4, Insightful

as they haven't disclosed how you get infected, i see this as the usual antivirus maker ploy of trying to increase sales by scare stories with nothing to back it up.

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Re:Stupid users by Barsteward · 2016-01-19 23:46 · Score: 4, Insightful

where on earth did i say it was a virus, dickhead? or shall i change "infected" to "deployed" to make your stupid nitpicking mind happier?

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