CPO Magazine

Stealthy BRICKSTORM Chinese Malware Used in a Long-Term Cyber Espionage Campaign

Chinese malware deployed by a state-sponsored advanced persistent threat group is targeting critical industries and their ...
PC Magazine

'Bootkitty' Malware Can Infect a Linux Machine's Boot Process

This appears to be the first UEFI bootkit that goes beyond Windows and targets Linux machines, according to ESET security researchers. When he's not battling bugs and robots in Helldivers 2, Michael ...

LockBit malware is back - and nastier than ever, experts claim

Security researchers from Trend Micro recently published an in-depth technical analysis of the latest iteration of the ...

LockBit ransomware returns with a vengeance, affecting multiple OSes

No system is safe anymore. The newest variant of LockBit ransomware targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi systems ...
Ars Technica

Spyware/Malware for Linux

Ok I arguing with a guy at work who says Linux has just many viruses and spyware programs as Windows <BR>does. He also says that doubleclick is on my computer on Linux. This guy also teaches at a ...
Homeland Security Today

New Dual-Platform Malware Targets Both Windows and Linux Systems

One of the oft-repeated reasons for using alternative operating systems is the suggestion that alternatives to Windows are more secure because malware is not produced for these minority systems—in ...

A China-Linked Malware Group Is Targeting Software Suppliers

When investigating, Google's Mandiant team found the malware BRICKSTORM on Linux and BSD-based appliances from multiple ...
Neowin

Chinese hackers exploit Linux with new WolfsBane malware

ESET researchers have recently discovered a new Linux backdoor, named WolfsBane, that is being used by the China-aligned Gelsemium APT group. This is the first known instance of Gelsemium using Linux ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

DaggerFly-Linked Linux Malware Targets Network Appliances

A new malware strain, ELF/Sshdinjector.A!tr, has been linked to the DaggerFly espionage group and used in the Lunar Peek campaign to target Linux-based network appliances. Its primary function is data ...
Wired

Stealthy Malware Has Infected Thousands of Linux Systems for Years

Thousands of machines running Linux have been infected by a malware strain that’s notable for its stealth, the number of misconfigurations it can exploit, and the breadth of malicious activities it ...
The Hacker News

UNC5221 Uses BRICKSTORM Backdoor to Infiltrate U.S. Legal and Technology Sectors

BRICKSTORM was first documented by the tech giant last year in connection with the zero-day exploitation of Ivanti Connect ...
HHS

PumaBot Malware Targets Linux IoT Devices

A botnet targeting Internet of Things devices running on the Linux operating system works by brute forcing credentials and downloading cryptomining software. See Also: Cracking the Code: Securing ...