The case for AV for Linux: Linux/Rst-B

2008-08-01

Billy McCourt

Sophos, UK

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

A high prevalence of Linux/Rst-B seen recently on hacked Linux boxes is not due to ingenious spreading mechanisms or Linux users swapping binaries, but due to a proliferation of infected hacking tools. Billy McCourt has the details of this real, in-the-wild Linux threat.

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The case for AV for Linux: Linux/Rst-B

Billy McCourt

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