• Linux malware includes viruses, Trojans, worms and other types of malware that affect the Linux family of operating systems. Linux, Unix and other Unix-like...
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    Linux Malware Detect, abbreviated as LMD or maldet, is a software package that looks for malware on Linux systems and reports on it. To protect Linux...
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  • Mirai (from the Japanese word for "future", 未来) is malware that turns networked devices running Linux into remotely controlled bots that can be used as...
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    flow to reduce malware infection in the internet. The group is known for their malware analysis blog. They have a list of Linux malware research and botnet...
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  • managed to infiltrate machines that were infected by the malware and issue a command ordering the malware to delete itself. Affidavits from the FBI and DOJ revealed...
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    Linux.Wifatch is an open-source piece of malware which has been noted for not having been used for malicious actions, instead attempting to secure devices...
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  • BASHLITE – another notable IoT malware Denial-of-service attack Linux malware Linux.Darlloz – another notable IoT malware Remaiten - another IoT DDoS bot...
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  • Chaos is a malware that infects Windows, Linux and FreeBSD devices. It is written in the Go programming language. It was discovered by Black Lotus Labs...
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  • Free Download Manager (category BitTorrent clients for Linux)
    It was found that the website freedownloadmanager.org was spreading Linux malware for over three years until 2022. Researchers discovered that the site...
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  • viruses and worms Palm OS viruses HyperCard viruses Linux malware Conficker Creeper virus - The first malware that ran on ARPANET ILOVEYOU Leap - Mac OS X Trojan...
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    (abbreviated to AV software), also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware. Antivirus software was originally developed...
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  • Devnull (category Linux malware)
    vulnerable hosts and use the compiled program to exploit a known OpenSSL vulnerability.[which?] Linux malware F-Secure's Website: Linux/Devnull v t e...
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  • BASHLITE (category Linux malware)
    Gafgyt, Lizkebab, PinkSlip, Qbot, Torlus and LizardStresser) is malware which infects Linux systems in order to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks...
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  • Discovered on November 5, 2015, by Dr. Web, this malware affected at least tens of Linux users. Linux.Encoder.1 is remotely executed on the victim's computer...
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  • Xor DDoS (category Linux malware)
    XOR DDoS is a Linux Trojan malware with rootkit capabilities that was used to launch large-scale DDoS attacks. Its name stems from the heavy usage of XOR...
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  • algorithm Facebook malware File binder Identity theft Industrial espionage Linux malware Malvertising Phishing Point-of-sale malware Hacktivism Riskware...
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    spread malware on Linux devices from 2020 to 2022. Other download managers have been noted to contain advertisements, be identified as malware by antivirus...
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  • Linux Spike Trojan malware, more widely known as MrBlack, is a type of malware that infects routers, and eventually spreads to other routers. Incapsula...
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  • Kobalos is a type of backdoor malware that runs on Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. The malware has been targeting supercomputers, especially those used in...
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    with a modified version containing malware. The hackers also breached the database of the website's user forum. Linux Mint immediately took its server offline...
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  • Remaiten (redirect from Linux.Remaiten)
    Remaiten is malware which infects Linux on embedded systems by brute forcing using frequently used default username and passwords combinations from a...
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    Arch Linux (/ɑːrtʃ/) is an open source, rolling release Linux distribution. Arch Linux is kept up-to-date by regularly updating the individual pieces...
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  • Staog (category Malware stubs)
    group VLAD, who are also known for the first Windows 95 virus, Boza. Linux malware Piccard, Paul (4 August 2006). Combating Spyware in the Enterprise:...
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  • Android is an operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen-based...
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    ClamAV (category Antivirus software for Linux)
    many types of malware, including viruses. It was developed for Unix and has third party versions available for AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS...
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  • 6, 2007. Retrieved April 22, 2007. Andy Patrizio (April 27, 2006). "Linux Malware On The Rise". InternetNews. QuinStreet. Archived from the original on...
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  • computer viruses Malware analysis XML denial-of-service attack Distributed denial-of-service attacks on root nameservers Linux malware Zero-day (computing)...
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  • Botnet Mirai (malware) BASHLITE Remaiten Linux.Wifatch Hajime (malware) Casad, Joe (December 3, 2013). "New Worm Attacks Linux Devices". Linux Magazine. Retrieved...
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    Host-based intrusion detection system comparison Hardening (computing) Linux malware MalwareMustDie Rootkit "A way to detect the rootkits and exploits in CentOS/RHEL"...
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  • Bliss (virus) (category Linux viruses)
    infection to occur under the root user, the risk is listed as minimal. Linux malware "Linux/Bliss | F-Secure Labs". www.f-secure.com. "Debian -- Security Information...
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