[DNG] EvilGnome spyware

2019-07-17 Thread golinux
EvilGnome: A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/linux-gnome-spyware.html Some excerpts: "Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Linux spyware that's currently fully undetected across all major antivirus security software products,

Re: [DNG] EvilGnome spyware

2019-07-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:28:25 -0500 goli...@devuan.org wrote: > EvilGnome: A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users > > https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/linux-gnome-spyware.html Using Openbox, I have the advantage of not depending on the actual Gnome desktop, meaning I can prevent the

Re: [DNG] EvilGnome spyware

2019-07-17 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting goli...@devuan.org (goli...@devuan.org): > EvilGnome: A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users > https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/linux-gnome-spyware.html My view: The only _actually interesting question_ in any report about malware is how the code gets executed. The cited s

Re: [DNG] EvilGnome spyware

2019-07-18 Thread spiralofhope
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:28:25 -0500 goli...@devuan.org wrote: > https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/linux-gnome-spyware.html Since the keylogging functionality was unimplemented, I was reminded of a point of trivia. With the microphone or in combination with the screen grabs, a sort of tempest atta

Re: [DNG] EvilGnome spyware

2019-07-18 Thread Adam Borowski
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:06:36PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting goli...@devuan.org (goli...@devuan.org): > > EvilGnome: A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users > > https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/linux-gnome-spyware.html > > My view: The only _actually interesting question_ in