New Linux Trojan Discovered Coded in Mozilla's Rust Language

  • 9 September 2016
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Trojan is not yet finished, still a work in progress

 
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Sep 9, 2016 08:40 GMT  ·  By Catalin Cimpanu A new trojan coded in Rust is targeting Linux-based platforms and adding them to a botnet controlled through an IRC channel, according to a recent discovery by Dr.Web, a Russian antivirus maker.
 
Initial analysis of this trojan, detected as Linux.BackDoor.Irc.16, reveals this may be only a proof-of-concept or a testing version in advance to a fully weaponized version.
 
Currently, the trojan only infects victims, gathers information about the local system and sends it to its C&C server.

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It seems Linux is getting its share of troubles, user using this platform need to be aware.

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