New Linux Rootkit Emerges 172
Trailrunner7 writes "A new Linux rootkit has emerged and researchers who have analyzed its code and operation say that the malware appears to be a custom-written tool designed to inject iframes into Web sites and drive traffic to malicious sites for drive-by download attacks. The rootkit is designed specifically for 64-bit Linux systems, and while it has some interesting features, it does not appear to be the work of a high-level programmer or be meant for use in targeted attacks. The Linux rootkit does not appear to be a modified version of any known piece of malware and it first came to light last week when someone posted a quick description and analysis of it on the Full Disclosure mailing list. That poster said his site had been targeted by the malware and some of his customers had been redirected to malicious sites."
Re:There's a new secure OS called... (Score:5, Funny)
There's a new secure OS called Rootkit Server 12 - maybe it's time you nerds started upgrading to it!
This is the year of the Linux rootkit.
Rootkit emerged (Score:3, Funny)
Must be specifically targeted at Gentoo then.
Re:There's a new secure OS called... (Score:3, Funny)
A more apt joke would be about Windows Server 2008 or 2012.
An even more apt joke would be something like:
# apt-get install windows-server-2008
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package windows-server-2008
But that doesn't seem to work.
Re:There's a new secure OS called... (Score:5, Funny)
no no, read the summary. these boxes were using red hat - "A new Linux rootkit has emerged"
Re:There's a new secure OS called... (Score:4, Funny)
these boxes were using red hat - "A new Linux rootkit has emerged"
That would be Gentoo, where we even have to compile our viruses from source (but then the virus is super-optimized).