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Distractions From Windows TCO

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 03, 2024

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Windows malware spun as "Linux"

DinodasRAT Linux Malware Attack on Linux Servers to Gain Backdoor Access [Ed: Actually it targets Windows, and this is a way to distract from it in Microsoft-connected sites]

=> ↺ DinodasRAT Linux Malware Attack on Linux Servers to Gain Backdoor Access | ↺ Microsoft-connected sites

Malware Spotlight: Linodas aka DinodasRAT for Linux [Ed: Microsoft partners echoing the anti-Linux FUD again. The veracity or aggression of Microsoft's anti-Linux media campaign is not hard to see.]

=> ↺ Malware Spotlight: Linodas aka DinodasRAT for Linux | ↺ Microsoft partners

Linux servers targeted by dangerous espionage malware as Windows threat makes the jump [Ed: This is a Windows issue, and the holes are not in "Linux", but Microsoft-sponsored media wants to blame "Linux"]

=> ↺ Linux servers targeted by dangerous espionage malware as Windows threat makes the jump

Following earlier reports by ESET and Trend Micro, Kaspersky is now warning of the Dinodas Remote Access Trojan (RAT), signaling the rising popularity of the malware.

DinodasRAT Backdoor Targeting Linux Machines Worldwide [Ed: Actually Windows too, so the issue is clearly not Linux]

=> ↺ DinodasRAT Backdoor Targeting Linux Machines Worldwide

Hackers are using a new version of a backdoor to target Linux servers and gain and maintain access in what appears to be an espionage campaign, warned researchers from Kaspersky.

Local Only, Hard to Exploit

Significant compromise likely with exploitation of new Linux vulnerability [Ed: Not enough to distract from Microsoft's latest security blunders?]

=> ↺ Significant compromise likely with exploitation of new Linux vulnerability

Linux Kernel Flaw Let Attackers Gain Full Root Access: PoC Published

=> ↺ Linux Kernel Flaw Let Attackers Gain Full Root Access: PoC Published

Security researchers have uncovered a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s io_uring subsystem, which could allow attackers to gain full root access to affected systems.

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