Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor - eviltoast
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    1 year ago

    I think the fundamental protection is always going to be the firewall that blocks all incoming connections unless you explicitly open a port for a running server.

    It’s frustrating that the article doesn’t have much information about the delivery method for this attack. Is it a remote connection, or you have to run it locally and it escalates privileges?

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      1 year ago

      researchers from security firm Trend Micro found an encrypted binary file on a server known to be used by a group they had been tracking since 2021

      Sounds like it targets servers specifically, so desktop users should be safe