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Linux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen worm (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by SJSmith@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] excitingburp@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

/ laughs in immutable Linux

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What use is an immutable system, if it doesn't already have the data on it that an attacker can steal?

[–] excitingburp@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Worms are near impossible to install on an immutable system. You can't just write to /usr/share/bin or some other truck to hide your binary. It doesn't help at all with exfiltration

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Your last sentence is exactly my point.