And we all have at least one Linux topic that we are newbs at.
Thanks for the info about the malware. I have a bad habit of thinking of Linux as being invulnerable to everything, which means I'll click on anything.
]]>thank you for your posts, and no worries. I honestly have a strong desire to contribute to Arch, as it is really the first project of this nature that I find so amazing, in so many different ways, that I want to get myself involved and help out as much as I'm able, which I'm doing more and more as I orient myself. Part of the challenge is that to Linux newbs I'm advanced, and to truly advanced users, I'm the newb, so I'm in the middle somewhere, learning as much as I can as quickly as I can.
That paragraph is likely off-topic just a tad...
]]>It seems fitting for a "GNU/Linux Discussion" subforum and it's reasonable to ask whether or to what degree a linux user should be concerned. My answer, simply, is that there is really no need for concern assuming one has generally reasonable practices for managing software installation - and if this assumption is not met, this one particular threat is still not likely the main concern.
]]>At the bottom of the article: "How to Check If You're Infected with CrossRAT?" ==> "Also look for an 'autostart' file in the ~/.config/autostart likely named mediamgrs.desktop."
Please, this is hardly even malware. Not unless a custom bash script running `xinput test` also counts as a terrifying malware.
]]>CrossRAT is a cross-platform remote access Trojan that can target all four popular desktop operating systems, Windows, Solaris, Linux, and macOS...
It's hard to take an article seriously when it starts with 'facts' like these.
And this "infects" a computer when a user willingly downloads and runs a java executable "installer" from a website. If you are downloading executables from random websites and running them, this malicious remote access tool is really the least of your problems.
This sounds about like some nasty psychopath lacing raw sewage with cyanide. I don't think we need much warning about the breaking news that there could be dangerous new risks in drinking raw sewage. (EDIT: I suppose there is a new recent hype about "raw water", but to me that's just inspiring evidence that natural selection may be able to put a cap on stupidity.)
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