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'Less' is more to malware authors targeting Linux users

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ComputerWorld; By http://www.computerworld.com/author/Lucian-Constantin/ 		Mail this story
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Using the "less" Linux command to view the contents of files downloaded from the Internet is a dangerous operation that can lead to remote code execution, according to a security researcher.

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