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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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[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (10 children)

So as a new Linux guy that just has Ubuntu installed on a laptop running media server, sounds like I shouldn’t be worried since it is NAT’d behind my router and this worm compromises telnet and SSH connections. Am I getting the gist right? Totally newb here again.

[–] Jackinopolis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Conventional Linux use should be fine. It's targeting SSH connections to other things over the net; connecting to a server, remote camera, etc. So it reverse engineers the connection by brute-forcing(?) Weak ssh passwords to install the malware.

I'm not an IT professional but this is my layman interpretation.

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