Ralf Mardorf writes:
> On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 18:13 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> > Think about this scenario: someone devises a clever way to slip a
> > Trojan in a user account.
>
> Than the trojan has got user privileges only. If it's a key logger it
> can read what password you type for sudo, but also what you type for su.
What I fear is a fiendish tool that hijacks your bash stdin and stdout
and injects sudo commands. Not a keylogger, some stealty bastard that
stays hidden, hits, and returns hidden.
> I know they hack servers, but was the Linux home PC of anybody on this
> list ever hacked?
How could you detect? Are you sure you have the skills to detect this?
Do you feel safe because you are on a dynamically assigned IP?
Linux home PC are not yet a direct target because the user base of
Linux desktop users. Give them a good reason to write a stuxnet for
GNU/Linux and they will write a stuxnet for GNU/Linux.
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