Dubbed Skidmap by researchers; the Linux malware mines cryptocurrency and drops backdoor – All that without being detected.
The perception cryptocurrencies have created today ranges from them being a “flat out scam” to an innovative piece of technology in the new age. While our understanding of the latter is clear, the former needs some light to be shed on, how did we get here?
To answer this, we may look no further than the latest in the cryptocurrency world where another Linux malware named as Skidmap has been discovered by Trend Micro that illegally mines cryptocurrencies, a malicious technique known as cryptojacking.
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The malware works in such a way that initially, it creates malicious loadable kernel modules in Linux modifying and overwriting other kernel parts which help it avoid detection. Additionally, the malware will install itself through the crontab module in Linux which allows one to regularly schedule commands.
After the installation, a main malicious binary is downloaded which is responsible for reducing the security of the device to engage in cryptojacking. After this phase, it moves on to create backdoors by generating a secret password allowing access to the infected advice. It does this by making the binary previously installed to add t ..
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