The FBI and NSA jointly issued an advisory on Drovorub – a newly disclosed malware program targeting Linux systems. (Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Linux users should not assume they are safe from the ambitions and reach of reputed Russian hacking group Fancy Bear, which has been using a newly disclosed malware toolset to establish a command-and-control connection with infected Linux systems.
Called Drovorub, the toolset essentially creates a backdoor that enables file downloads and uploads, the execution of arbitrary commands as root, and the port forwarding of network traffic to additional hosts on the network, the FBI and National Security Agency warned last week in a cybersecurity advisory, news release and fact sheet. The advisory describes the malware as an “implant coupled with a kernel module rootkit,” enhanced with additional components and modules.
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