Attackers likely tied the creators of the XorDdos Linux remote access Trojan (RAT) have been wielding a separate Linux RAT for nearly two years without detection, using it to target organizations in ...

A new Linux kernel rootkit dubbed ‘syslogk’ has been spotted in the wild by Avast cybersecurity researchers. According to an advisory by David Álvarez and Jan Neduchal, syslogk would be able to cloak ...

So, are the people downvoting you trying to bury their heads in the sand? You're spot on with this. Whenever there is a catastrophic bug/exploit in Linux...hiding in plain sight in many cases...people ...

A team of developers has created a rootkit for Linux systems that uses the processing power and memory of graphics cards instead of CPUs in order to remain hidden. The rootkit, called Jellyfish, is a ...

Security researchers have identified a new family of Linux rootkits that, despite running from user mode, can be hard to detect and remove. Called Umbreon, after a Pokémon character that hides in the ...

Hackers are scanning for internet-exposed Jupyter Notebooks to breach servers and deploy a cocktail of malware consisting of a Linux rootkit, crypto miners, and password-stealing scripts. Jupyter ...

New Linux rootkit detector. Read and download it here. RKProfiler LX is divided into two parts: a data collection component called "Rootkit Profiler Module" (RKPmod) and a data interpretation ...

A previously undetected malware dubbed 'Lightning Framework' that targets Linux systems can be used to backdoor infected devices using SSH and deploy rootkits to cover the attackers' tracks. Described ...

A newly discovered stealthy piece of Linux malware called Syslogk delivers a backdoor that remains hidden on the targeted machine until its controller, from anywhere on the internet, transmits ...