Web Exploit Found That Customizes Attack For Windows, Mac, and Linux 204
phaedrus5001 writes with this quote from Ars:
"Security researchers have found a live Web exploit that detects if the target is running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux and drops a different trojan for each platform. The attack was spotted by researchers from antivirus provider F-Secure on a Columbian transport website, presumably after third-party attackers compromised it. The unidentified site then displayed a signed Java applet that checked if the user's computer is running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. Based on the outcome, the attack then downloads the appropriate files for each platform."
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No it isn't. The largest BSD distro is Machintosh!
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which to be honest is everything that's actually important on your computer; non-userland stuff can just be re-installed from scratch if needed.
I keep seeing this meme which seems to be promoting the idea that userland infection >= system level infection by claiming (mostly correctly) that the only important files to the user are in the users own directory.
You have backups of /home right? So what is the problem with restoring it. Losing /home is NOT the worst thing that can happen to you. Having a virus that you can not detect is. Let's see how happy you are when your files start getting corrupted and keep getting corrupted and you have no idea why. System level infection is far worse than userland so can we let this meme die now please?