Linux infection proves Windows malware monopoly is over

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Mon Jun 14 21:40:32 UTC 2010


On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:54:56AM -0400, Digimer wrote:
> This isn't a virus in the traditional sense. It didn't spread, it was  
> embedded in a package. It's still a big deal, but it should be discussed  
> for what it is.

And it only has access as the user you ran the server as.  Now if you
ran it as root, then you are of course an idiot. :)

Or if you ran it as your regular user with sudo privileges that so many
distributions seem fond of these days.

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Len Sorensen
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