Just as we Linuxers were sitting back and congratulating ourselves about
our system security, this pops up its evil little head:
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/pokemon-themed-umbreon-linux-rootkit-hits-x86-arm-systems/

No need to panic yet since it has to be manually installed (the attacker
has to break into your system first) but it might be sensible to keep an
eye open. Lots of detail in the link

Doctor 'Paranoia is my middle name' John
-- 
It's not about bravery.
It's about doing what I need to do to win

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On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 07:59:06 +0100, Doctor John wrote:

> Just as we Linuxers were sitting back and congratulating ourselves about
> our system security, this pops up its evil little head:
> http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/pokemon-
themed-umbreon-linux-rootkit-hits-x86-arm-systems/
> 
> No need to panic yet since it has to be manually installed (the attacker
> has to break into your system first) but it might be sensible to keep an
> eye open. Lots of detail in the link
> 
> Doctor 'Paranoia is my middle name' John

The price for security is eternal vigilance. :)



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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