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| From | Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.privacy.anon-server, alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: New Linux crypto-miner steals your root password and disables your antivirus |
| Date | 2018-11-24 08:53 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <slrnpvipes.iu1.BitTwister@wb.home.test> (permalink) |
| References | <ptbkdh$7jg$1@news.mixmin.net> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On Sat, 24 Nov 2018 07:41:01 -0600, Nomen Nescio wrote: ><https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-linux-crypto-miner-steals-your-root-password-and-disables-your-antivirus/> Heheheh, look at the CVE -20xx dates. "Once the trojan has a foothold on the system it uses one of two privilege escalation exploits CVE-2016-5195 (also known as Dirty COW) and CVE-2013-2094 to get root permissions and have full access to the OS." Hopefully your system has the fixes that are more than a year old.
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New Linux crypto-miner steals your root password and disables your antivirus Nomen Nescio <noreply@mixnym.net> - 2018-11-24 07:41 -0600
Re: New Linux crypto-miner steals your root password and disables your antivirus Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2018-11-24 08:53 -0600
Re: New Linux crypto-miner steals your root password and disables your antivirus "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2018-11-24 18:37 +0100
Re: New Linux crypto-miner steals your root password and disables your antivirus Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2018-11-24 23:36 +0100
Re: New Linux crypto-miner steals your root password and disables your antivirus Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2018-11-25 10:39 +0100
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