Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 04 Jun 2002 11:36:09 -0700 | From | J Sloan <> | Subject | [OT] Re: please kindly get back to me |
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Hank Leininger wrote:
>On 2002-06-03, J Sloan <joe@tmsusa.com> wrote: > > > >>The thing with linux/unix "virii" is, they >>are actually for the most part trojans - >>they've been in labs for years, the problem >>is that there is no suitable transport vector! >> >> > > > >>You'd have to dupe an unwitting superuser >>(now there's a dangerous combination) into >>running the "virus" by hand - sort of like >>the "honor system" virus.... >> >> > >...You mean like, get them to run './configure' ?[1][2] >...Or installing an RPM with trojanned binaries or install-time scripts, >without checking a signature?[3] > >Unfortunately that's all too easy. Viruses, no. Malware, you bet. We >can't get too complacent while laughing at the virus phenomenon. > > Complacency is never a good idea - however, let's give credit where credit is due - it's orders of magnitude more difficult to do something like this against a unix system - most script kiddies will go for the easy targets (microsoft) instead
Joe
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