The First Max OS X Virus?
A Linux malware program, which is arguably really an attack on various applications, generated much discussion in security circles this past week. It's known by a variety of names, including Plupii.C, ShellBot.C and, to F-Secure, Mare.D.
It's a network worm that attacks known vulnerabilities in the Mambo content management system and PHP's XML-RPC library. It uses these vulnerabilities to download and execute an attack shell script which itself downloads and executes other components. The other components include several backdoors which await external commands.
Other reports indicate that systems compromised in this way are being controlled as part of a botnet, and that they are being used to attack other systems.
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A Linux malware program, which is arguably really an attack on various applications, generated much discussion in security circles this past week. It's known by a variety of names, including Plupii.C, ShellBot.C and, to F-Secure, Mare.D.
It's a network worm that attacks known vulnerabilities in the Mambo content management system and PHP's XML-RPC library. It uses these vulnerabilities to download and execute an attack shell script which itself downloads and executes other components. The other components include several backdoors which await external commands.
Other reports indicate that systems compromised in this way are being controlled as part of a botnet, and that they are being used to attack other systems.
For more news, click here
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