[GreenKeys] OT - Highly stealthy Linux trojan may have infected victims for years...

[drlegendre .]

Thank you for passing this along.

As for myself, I wasn't aware of the issues.. lulled into a false sense of
security, by fifteen years' un-interrupted use of various Linux flavors.

Far as I know, none of my Linux systems have been sick for a day in their
lives - though that could change at any time, of course. Thanks for
reminding us.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Michael O'Day via GreenKeys <
greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I know a lot of Greenkeyers use Linux as an alternative to Windows OS -
> while this has so far only been found on commercial corporate servers, once
> it's "in the wild" we need to be aware.
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> Powerful, highly stealthy Linux trojan may have infected victims for years
> <http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/12/powerful-highly-stealthy-linux-trojan-may-have-infected-victims-for-years/>
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> <http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/12/powerful-highly-stealthy-linux-trojan-may-have-infected-victims-for-years/>
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> Powerful, highly stealthy Linux trojan may have infected...
> <http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/12/powerful-highly-stealthy-linux-trojan-may-have-infected-victims-for-years/>
> Backdoor tied to espionage campaign that has targeted governments in 45
> countries.
> View on arstechnica.com
> <http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/12/powerful-highly-stealthy-linux-trojan-may-have-infected-victims-for-years/>
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