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Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Nugscree@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

With more people adapting Linux you're bound to have more non tech savvy people that will allow anything to happen on their system. Prompt for password appears and they just put it in without any regards for what will happen next.