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[–] schmidtster 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Linux is open source, and they had a malware for 10 years that was undetected.

Having access means nothing if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Rootkits are serious problems.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, what malware was that?

[–] schmidtster 1 points 1 year ago

Which one? There was the 2020 one by winnti group that attacked Linux servers for a decade, and another in 2021/22 called symbiote, but I don’t know how long that one was hidden for.