Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 18:26:00 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New Virus that targets *.nix Message-ID: <948738C25BB780D76F9A2A5A@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> In-Reply-To: <DM5PR20MB210207A5208820C5F435CC1580D50@DM5PR20MB2102.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> References: <DM5PR20MB210207A5208820C5F435CC1580D50@DM5PR20MB2102.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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Here's a copy of parts of the "virus": <https://vms.drweb.com/virus/?i=17645163>; 1) It uses /bin/bash. Won't work on FreeBSD unless you've aliased /bin/bash to /usr/local/bin/bash. Why would you do that? 2) Uses yum and apt-get to installed needed utilities. Neither exists on FreeBSD. 3) Uses a number of other commands unique to Linux to run various things. Again, won't work on FreeBSD. 4) The script has to be installed on the server, which means the server first has to be hacked. At that point, the script is the least of your worries since you're already compromised. Doesn't look like a problem on FreeBSD to me. --On November 24, 2018 at 3:13:37 PM +0000 Carmel NY <carmel_ny@outlook.com> wrote: > This looks like a particularly nasty virus. > > https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-linux-crypto-miner-steals-your-root-pas > sword-and-disables-your-antivirus/ Paul Schmehl, Retired As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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