linux malware

Sedexp Malware: The Stealthy Linux Threat Evading Detection

| | Cybersecurity, cybersecurity threats, enterprise security, Financial Malware, information stealer malware, KernelCare Enterprise, Linux & Open Source News, linux live patching, linux malware, linux security, linux systems, live patching, Malware Persistence, sedexp malware, stealthy malware, udev rules
A new, sophisticated Linux malware named “sedexp” has been discovered, quietly evading detection since 2022. Its unique persistence technique, leveraging udev rules, has allowed it to operate under the radar, making it ...
TuxCare
botnets, DDOS attacks, FBI IPStorm botnet DDoS

15-Year-Old Ebury Botnet Compromised 400,000 Linux Servers

| | botnet, Ebury, Linux, linux malware
Bad news: The operators behind the credential stealer and OpenSSH backdoor continue to evolve the malware's propagation tactics and targets ...
Security Boulevard
MFA, AWS, password, manager, cyberattacks, cybersecurity, MFA CISA multi-factor authentication

Two Dozen Click Fraud Apps Found in Google Play

| | android malware, click-fraud, cryptomining, Google Play, IoT botnet, linux malware, rabbit, Rabbot
Attackers managed to pass Google’s defenses and place 22 Android apps on Google Play that engaged in sophisticated advertising click fraud when installed on users’ phones. The majority of the apps were ...
Security Boulevard

StorageCrypt ransomware, a coinminer and more

| | coin miner, coinminer, elf malware, linux malware, Ransomware, sambacry, StorageCrypt
Lawrence over at Bleeping Computer posted an interesting blog yesterday:StorageCrypt Ransomware Infecting NAS Devices Using SambaCryIn that blog, Lawrence pointed out quite some users had issues with a new ransomware, dubbed StorageCrypt, ...
Blaze's Security Blog

Notes on Linux/BillGates

| | bill.lock, bill.lod, BillGates, BillGates botnet, ddos, ELF, elf malware, gates.lock, gates.lod, linux malware, Linux/BillGates
In a previous blog post, I wrote some (extensive) notes on Linux/Xor.DDoS, also known as just Xor.DDoS, an interesting type of Linux malware.You can find that particular blog below, in which I ...
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