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MoonSwan

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From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 881

A new Linux-oriented Trojan: The BillGates Linux Botnet

Link:  Versatile DDoS Trojan for Linux

I don't know how many real viruses and Trojans affect Linux (if any at all?).  I do know, however, that this particular bit of malware is extremely sophisticated and was definitely not the work of an amateur or skript kiddie.  The article contains many links to other virus info and shows some of the actual code that went into the virus.  I suspect some of the programmers on this forum might be curious about the code itself.  I read most of the code published in the article but I confess that much of it was over my head.

Edit:  Forgot to mention that the original article where this link appeared is here:  Hackers seed Amazon cloud with potent denial-of-service bots

Last edited by MoonSwan (2014-08-04 17:22:17)

drcouzelis

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From: Connecticut, USA

Registered: 2009-11-09

Posts: 4,092

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Re: A new Linux-oriented Trojan: The BillGates Linux Botnet

Interesting. I didn't see it mentioned: Do you know in what way a computer can become infected with this trojan? Am I going to get infected by just being connected to the Internet?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: A new Linux-oriented Trojan: The BillGates Linux Botnet

Do you know in what way a computer can become infected with this trojan? Am I going to get infected by just being connected to the Internet?

Wouldn't that be a worm?  I thought a Trojan was something that you invited in because it was not what it appeared to be.

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drcouzelis

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From: Connecticut, USA

Registered: 2009-11-09

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Re: A new Linux-oriented Trojan: The BillGates Linux Botnet

Wouldn't that be a worm?  I thought a Trojan was something that you invited in because it was not what it appeared to be.

Crap, I knew I shouldn't have punched that monkey.

MoonSwan

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From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 881

Re: A new Linux-oriented Trojan: The BillGates Linux Botnet

@drcouzelis, I wondered about that too.  No, I didn't see any mention of how it is spread on either article.

[edit] And, as an addendum, here is a very current piece of malware that also infects Linux and other OSes:  meet-mask-possibly-the-most-sophisticated-malware-campaign-ever-seen

Last edited by MoonSwan (2014-08-04 20:33:28)

nomorewindows

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Registered: 2010-04-03

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Re: A new Linux-oriented Trojan: The BillGates Linux Botnet

Well we could play xbill.

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