Powerful, highly stealthy Linux trojan may have infected victims for years

Posted by BernardSwiss on Dec 9, 2014 1:26 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Dan Goodin
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The previously undiscovered malware represents a missing puzzle piece tied to "Turla," a so-called advanced persistent threat (APT) disclosed in August by Kaspersky Lab and Symantec... The malware was notable for its use of a rootkit that made it extremely hard to detect.

Now researchers from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab have detected Linux-based malware used in the same campaign.

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A few inconsistencies in the threat analysis mrider 4 1,721 Dec 9, 2014 6:45 PM

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