Symbiote: credential-stealing Linux back door that's nearly impossible to detect

John Leonard
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Symbiote - credential-stealing Linux back door that's nearly impossible to detect. Source: iStock
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Symbiote - credential-stealing Linux back door that's nearly impossible to detect. Source: iStock

Sophisticated malware uses a variety of methods to evade detection

Researchers at security vendors Intezer and BlackBerry Research & Intelligence have provided details of a sophisticated strain of Linux malware that hides in the operating system's running processe...

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