Attackers are extending their views and in recent months they have begun to create malware that functions on multiple operating systems with only a little variations in code. These malicious programs usually masquerade as applets and plug-ins for widely used cross-platform programs such as Java or Adobe Flash; the harmful programs then identify which system the user is running and install the appropriate version of their code.
Avast researchers have spotted a Linux rootkit that has the ability to hide malicious processes. The new Linux rootkit, called Syslogk, works by using magic packets to activate...
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