Hosted on MSN

Linux anti-virus suites aren't as pointless as they once were

Linux has, for a long time, harbored a perception that it's largely impervious and doesn't require an antivirus suite in the same way that typical users may require on Windows. Many users of the ...
HHS

Coder Builds Malware in Week With AI Help

A single developer built a Linux malware framework in less than a week using artificial intelligence, said security researchers. Check Point researchers say this is the first documented case of ...
CSOonline

VoidLink malware was almost entirely made by AI

Check Point Research says the Linux malware framework was authored largely through AI-driven processes, lowering the barrier to producing complex threats. VoidLink, the high-impact Linux malware ...
Hosted on MSN

Chaotic-AUR is trying to fight Arch Linux malware

After a rash of malware in the Arch User Repository (AUR), one AUR packaging system, Chaotic-AUR, is in response taking steps to increase trust and reduce chances of malicious software reaching Arch ...
ZDNet

DripDropper Linux malware cleans up after itself - how it works

DripDropper exploits an old server security hole. After infection, DripDropper patches the hole itself. Simple patch discipline could have stopped the exploit. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: ...
Network World

SSHStalker botnet brute-forces its way onto 7,000 Linux machines

A newly discovered botnet is compromising poorly-protected Linux servers by brute-forcing weak SSH password login authentication. Researchers at Canada-based Flare Systems, who discovered the botnet, ...
Bleeping Computer

Malicious NPM packages fetch infostealer for Windows, Linux, macOS

Ten malicious packages mimicking legitimate software projects in the npm registry download an information-stealing component that collects sensitive data from Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. The ...
The Hacker News

UAT-9921 Deploys VoidLink Malware to Target Technology and Financial Sectors

Cisco Talos links UAT-9921 to VoidLink, a modular Zig-based malware targeting Linux cloud systems with stealth plugins and C2 control.
Infosecurity-magazine.com

VoidLink Malware Exhibits Multi-Cloud Capabilities and AI Code

A Linux-based command-and-control (C2) framework capable of long-term intrusion across cloud and enterprise environments has been further analyzed in new research. Known as VoidLink, the malware ...
Benzinga.com

New Malware Exploits Fake Job Ads to Hit Crypto Wallets on Windows, Mac, Linux

A newly discovered cross-platform malware dubbed ModStealer is slipping past antivirus systems and targeting crypto wallets on Windows, macOS, and Linux, according to researchers at Apple device ...

CTM360: Lumma Stealer and Ninja Browser malware campaign abusing Google Groups

CTM360 reports 4,000+ malicious Google Groups and 3,500+ Google-hosted URLs used to spread the Lumma Stealer infostealing malware and a trojanized "Ninja Browser." The report details how attackers ...