[vox] Linux IRC infection

[Michael Cheselka]

Hello Everyone,

This is similar to the Sendmail back door that led to the Great
Internet Wyrme of 1988.

Folks had know about the backdoor for years...

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

Regards,
Michael Cheselka
650-488-4820




On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 15:52, Darth Borehd <darth.borehd at gmail.com> wrote:
> So does Linux need a malware scanner then?
>
> On 14 June 2010 13:30, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 09:56:24AM -0700, Gandalf Parker wrote:
>> >
>> > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/linux-infection-proves-windows-malware-monopoly-is-over/2206?tag=nl.e539
>> >
>> > Altho its abit of an "I told you so" article, it does support my general
>> > attitude that absolute statements should usually end with the word
>> > "yet".
>> > If I EVER said Linux didnt need to worry, Im sure I added "doesnt need
>> > to
>> > worry, YET"
>> >
>> > It also supports my not-completely-trusting of automatic updating
>>
>> Nah, one has ALWAYS needed to worry.  The article is useless.
>> It sucks that the malware got into the Gentoo repos (but, based
>> on what little I understood of the 'update' pasted at the top of
>> the article), it sounds like it's really a matter of:
>>
>> (1) I want to install IRC server
>> (2) I'll get it from trusted source
>> (3) I'll IGNORE THE SAFEGUARDS to confirm that the copy at the source
>>    is actually TO BE TRUSTED
>> (4) OMGWTFPWNED
>>
>> Note that my opinion here is based soley on skimming the guy's ZDNet
>> article ("clickbait", as one of the commenters called it ... a kind of
>> "FUD-for-advertising-dollars"), and the (mostly lame) comments made
>> by users.
>>
>> --
>> -bill!
>> Sent from my computer
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