Symantec finds Linux wiper malware used in S. Korean attacks

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 23, 2013 3:48 AM EDT
InfoWorld; By Jeremy Kirk
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ecurity vendors analyzing the code used in the cyber attacks against South Korea are finding nasty components designed to wreck infected computers. Tucked inside a piece of Windows malware used in the attacks is a component that erases Linux machines, an analysis from Symantec has found. The malware, which it called Jokra, is unusual, Symantec said.

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