HiddenWasp: The latest malware affecting Linux allows absolute control
HiddenWasp, the latest Linux malware is a very serious problem. In fact, this is much more than a malware since it also includes a rootkit. At its core, you can find a delivery script, a trojan, and a rootkit.
At the base we can find code from the well known and destructive Mirai and the rootkit Azazel. This creates a backdoor that can be used to access the infected machines and is later used by attackers to control these systems.
HiddenWasp seems to have been created very recently and has similarities with tools created by various groups of Chinese hackers.
Source: Intezer
Image: Unsplash
Very interesting, I was not aware of this.
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Thanks @gridbox. Yes it’s interesting but also scaring since Linux is praised for being the most secure of the OS. On top of that all the servers that we use on internet are build on top of Linux as well.
China is getting bigger and bigger and are not afraid to show us that is not just in the hardware field they are good. They can be as threatening on the software side as well... we have to continue to follow the latest news even regarding the retaliation between the two economies now with the huawei case getting more harder consequences with the China government intervention.
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link text is correct, but actual link is wrong in the code.
Thanks, @klevn, I have just edited and update the link. You can check the full story now on the link with more in-depth details. Sorry for the inconvenient and really appreciate your comment so I could quickly fix the problem.
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