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TrickBot Linux Variants Active in the Wild Despite Recent Takedown

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After the shut down of most of its critical infrastructure, the infamous TrickBot malware is now targeting Linux systems.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 28, 2020

Crypto-mining malware adds Linux password stealing capability

The TeamTNT threat group has updated Black-T - its crypto-mining worm - with Linux password-stealing capabilities and with an additional network scanner to help facilitate its spread to other vulnerable devices.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 06, 2020

Hackers jailbreak Apple’s T2 security chip powered by bridgeOS

The Apple T2 security chip has finally been jailbroken! Here’s all you need to know about it. The latest update of checkra1n adds support for bridgeOS – the operating system that powers the Apple T2 security chip. For what it’s worth, the T2 chip is not A10 per se but it is derived from the Apple A10 Fusion architecture.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 02, 2020

IPStorm botnet expands from Windows to Android, Mac, and Linux

The IPStorm botnet, which was first spotted targeting Windows systems last year, has quadrupled in size to reach 13,500 infected systems - and is now targeting Linux, Android and Mac devices.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 01, 2020

Mac, Linux Users Now Targeted by FinSpy Variants

The infamous FinSpy spyware has returned - and is now targeting Linux and macOS users. FinSpy is being used in new campaigns targeting dissident organizations in Egypt.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 29, 2020

Lucifer Malware Comes Back Targeting Linux Systems

Lucifer malware emerged a few months ago as a typical Windows malware. However, it has now returned with greater power and new capabilities - enabling it to target Linux systems.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 02, 2020

Lucifer cryptomining DDoS malware now targets Linux systems

Lucifer - a hybrid DDoS cryptomining botnet notorious for hijacking vulnerable Windows devices - is now also scanning for and infecting Linux systems.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 20, 2020

FritzFrog malware attacks Linux servers over SSH to mine Monero

A recently-discovered fileless malware variant - dubbed FritzFrog - has breaching Linux servers to mine Monero for at least eight months.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 19, 2020

This surprise Linux malware warning shows that hackers are changing their targets

Drovorub - yet another strain of malware targeting Linux systems - is being used by malicious Russian hackers to spy on users, steal files and hijack devices.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 17, 2020

NSA and FBI warn that new Linux malware threatens national security

The NSA and FBI warn that a new Linux malware variant - dubbed Drovorub - is being used by APT 28 to compromise networks, execute malicious commands and steal sensitive data.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 14, 2020

TrickBot's new Linux malware covertly infects Windows devices

TrickBot's Anchor malware platform - which has historically threatened Windows systems - has now been ported to a new Linux backdoor version, Anchor_Linux.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 30, 2020

New Linux malware uses Dogecoin API to find C&C server addresses

Another week, another Linux malware variant. Doki - a new Linux backdoor malware strain - targets Docker instances.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 29, 2020

Linux and Windows systems targeted by new Tycoon ransomware

Have you heard about the dangerous new ransomware strain dubbed "Tycoon" that is targeting Linux and Windows systems across a number of industries?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 08, 2020

A new Java-based ransomware targets Windows and Linux

Security researchers have discovered a dangerous new strain of ransomware targeting Linux and Windows systems that uses a Java file format, making it highly difficult to detect before it detonates its file-encrypting payload.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 05, 2020

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Github uncovers malicious ‘Octopus Scanner’ targeting developers

Have you heard about 'Octopus Scanner', a dangerous strain of malware targeting developers on Github? Github has stated: "Since the primary-infected users are developers, the access that is gained is of high interest to attackers since developers generally have access to additional projects, production environments, database passwords, and other critical assets. There is a huge potential for escalation of access, which is a core attacker objective in most cases."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 01, 2020

National Security Agency Exposes Tool Used By Russian Hackers

TheNational Security Agency (NSA) has publicly accused Sandworm, an infamous Russian hacking group, of exploiting a flaw in Exim software commonly found in Linux computers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 29, 2020

GoDaddy suffers hack of SSH credentials

Have you heard that GoDaddy has admitted customer usernames and passwords for connecting remotely to Linux servers via SSH have been compromised, forcing providers to reset passwords on 28,000 accounts?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 08, 2020

Docker Users Targeted with Crypto Malware Via Exposed APIs

Have you heard about the attack campaign that is targeting Docker users with cryptocurrency mining malware via exposed APIs?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 09, 2020

These hackers have been quietly targeting Linux servers for years

Have you heard about the newly uncovered hacking campaign which has been operating successfully against unpatched Linux servers for almost a decade?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 07, 2020

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Rootkit in the Cloud: Hacker Group Breaches AWS Servers

A sophisticated hacker group pwned Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers, set up a rootkit that let them remotely control servers, then merrily funnelled sensitive corporate data home to its command and control (C2) servers from a range of compromised Windows and Linux machines inside an AWS data centre.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 05, 2020

Hacks/Cracks - Page 118

Akira Ransomware Gang Targets Linux Servers, Extorts $42 Million

Threat Actors Are Actively Using Pupy RAT Malware to Attack Linux Systems

Linux Version of DinodasRAT Raises Serious Security Concerns