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Re: Linux Executables Deployed as Stealth Windows Loaders

From "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Linux Executables Deployed as Stealth Windows Loaders
Date 2021-09-19 20:41 +0300
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
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SolutionsViaDIY wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:47:50 +0300, "Andrei Z."
> <no-email@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> No Longer Just Theory: Black Lotus Labs Uncovers Linux Executables
>> Deployed as Stealth Windows Loaders
>>
>> https://blog.lumen.com/no-longer-just-theory-black-lotus-labs-uncovers-linux-executables-deployed-as-stealth-windows-loaders/
> 
> 
> For those of us who are not techies, what does this mean, exactly?  I
> read the article but not sure I understand completely.  Does it mean
> we think we're installing Linux but we're getting nasty Windows,
> instead???  Unless it's specifically this Windows Subsystem for Linux
> (WSL) which can't be accidentally installed as Linux by mistake?
> 
> Sorry, I'm really not a techie ...  (And in case of yes to the above
> [???], how can a layperson know the difference?)
> 
> 
Researchers have recorded a new way to compromise computers running 
Windows that uses malicious Linux binary files created for Windows 
Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

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Linux Executables Deployed as Stealth Windows Loaders "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-19 17:47 +0300
  Re: Linux Executables Deployed as Stealth Windows Loaders SolutionsViaDIY <NoSpamJunkMailAtAll@NoSpam.com> - 2021-09-19 13:08 -0400
    Re: Linux Executables Deployed as Stealth Windows Loaders "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2021-09-19 13:24 -0400
    Re: Linux Executables Deployed as Stealth Windows Loaders "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-19 20:41 +0300
      Re: Linux Executables Deployed as Stealth Windows Loaders SevenOverSix <hae274c.net> - 2021-09-21 23:59 -0400

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