[opensuse] Hand of Thief trojan targets Linux
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In case you guys weren't keeping up with this sort of stuff... https://blogs.rsa.com/thieves-reaching-for-linux-hand-of-thief-trojan-target... Paraphrasing from the blog entry... This is a new banking Trojan targeting Linux. The developer claims it has been tested on 15 different Linux desktop distributions, including Ubuntu Fedora and Debian. As for desktop environments, the malware supports 8 different environments, including Gnome and KDE. C. -- openSUSE 12.3 x86_64, KDE 4.10 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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On 08/08/2013 12:29 AM, C wrote:
In case you guys weren't keeping up with this sort of stuff...
https://blogs.rsa.com/thieves-reaching-for-linux-hand-of-thief-trojan-target...
Paraphrasing from the blog entry...
This is a new banking Trojan targeting Linux. The developer claims it has been tested on 15 different Linux desktop distributions, including Ubuntu Fedora and Debian. As for desktop environments, the malware supports 8 different environments, including Gnome and KDE.
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3vfnh0/ --> Sorry, after reading the article could I not resist putting my thoughts into an image :-D -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
https://blogs.rsa.com/thieves-reaching-for-linux-hand-of-thief-trojan-target...
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3vfnh0/ --> Sorry, after reading the article could I not resist putting my thoughts into an image :-D
Hahaha... that's good. :-) On topic... I was looking for the same information, and it appears to be... social engineering... again. You can't patch out stupid user. :-P C. -- openSUSE 12.3 x86_64, KDE 4.10 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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Dne Čt 8. srpna 2013 06:29:48, C napsal(a):
In case you guys weren't keeping up with this sort of stuff...
https://blogs.rsa.com/thieves-reaching-for-linux-hand-of-thief-trojan-target s-linux-inth3wild/
Paraphrasing from the blog entry...
This is a new banking Trojan targeting Linux. The developer claims it has been tested on 15 different Linux desktop distributions, including Ubuntu Fedora and Debian. As for desktop environments, the malware supports 8 different environments, including Gnome and KDE.
I can imagine dozens applications, where I would appreciate such wide support... :-D V.
C. -- Vojtěch Zeisek
Komunita openSUSE GNU/Linuxu Community of the openSUSE GNU/Linux http://www.opensuse.org/ http://trapa.cz/
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