Linux infection proves Windows malware monopoly is over

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 09:33:54PM -0400, Digimer wrote:
> On 10-06-14 05:40 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Though, 'sudo' alone isn't a problem... 'sudo' with 'nopasswd' is.

Yeah that's the one I meant. :)

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Len Sorensen
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