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Linux… Infected

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 14, 2010

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“The author also indicates that this issue doesn’t exist in
their code repository (CVS) indicating that it was most likely
placed there maliciously by someone wanting to exploit users of the
software.

“This back door exploit has been out there for more than 7
months. If this isn’t an indicator of the need for better malware
protection on the Linux platform, I’m not sure what is. When are we
going to admit that we aren’t as well protected as we assume we
are? What other back doors are in open source that we just haven’t
found yet? The number has to be greater than zero.”

Complete
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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