Linux IRC Server Gets Trojan, Press Harps On Linux Security
Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Mon 14th Jun 2010 23:58 UTC
Bugs & Viruses Recently, the Linux version of UnrealIRCd was discovered to have had a Trojan worm its way into the source code. Even more embarrassing for the developers of Unreal is that the Trojan's been holding open the backdoor in the source code since November of 2009-- not very recently. And, of course, bloggers and press in general are taking the opportunity of another breach in Linux security to point out doomsday devices that don't really exist.
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RE: Comment by ssa2204 - problem
by lemur2 on Tue 15th Jun 2010 06:28 UTC in reply to "Comment by ssa2204"
lemur2
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But it does mean that Linux users who believe they can't be infected by malware are simply wrong.


This is very oblique, and more than a bit misleading.

For example ... Linux users who believe they can't be infected by malware because they use package managers to install their signed open source software still have no incident on record, after all these years, to contradict that belief.

Anything unsigned and closed, or indeed anything simply unsigned and binary, that is downloaded and installed without checking (to any system at all) could potentially contain a malware payload. Windows users, of all people, should be aware of this.

Edited 2010-06-15 06:30 UTC

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