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ESET Researchers Find 12 New Linux Malware Families

Linux targets tend to get less attention from security researchers than Microsoft Windows since open source is considered a key ingredient to a secure operating system. But that does not mean it is ...
TechRadar

The first UEFI bootkit malware for Linux has been detected, so users beware

ESET researchers uncover 'Bootkitty', a first-of-its-kind UEFI bootkit for Linux Bootkitty seems to be in early stages of development, but could pose a major risk Linux users warned to be on their ...
Ars Technica

Found on VirusTotal: The world’s first UEFI bootkit for Linux

UPDATE: November 28, 3:20 PM California time. The headline of this post has been changed. This update is adding the following further details: this threat is not a UEFI firmware implant or rootkit, it ...
ITWire

iTWire - ESET

A compromise of the kernel.org servers that host Linux kernel development lasted from 2009 well into 2011, with a rootkit known as Phalanx being used to effect entry, the Slovakian security firm ESET ...
ITWire

iTWire - Linux kernel project played host to malware for two years before discovery

ESET's 2014 report, titled Operation Windigo, pointed out that this was a campaign that used Linux malware to make money. Léveillé wrote: "The arrest and conviction of one of the Ebury perpetrators, ...