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Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt: Blaming Everything on 'Linux' (UPDATED)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 28, 2023,

updated Apr 28, 2023

Using An Old Smartphone In Place of A Raspberry Pi

Mixtile Core 3588E Rockchip RK3588 system-on-module works with NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX carrier boards

Linux Shift: Chinese APT Alloy Taurus Is Back With Retooling [Ed: Targets Microsoft Exchange]

↺ Linux Shift: Chinese APT Alloy Taurus Is Back With Retooling

Chinese hackers use new Linux malware variants for espionage [Ed: Originally a Windows issue, this does not target anything in Linux itself]

↺ Chinese hackers use new Linux malware variants for espionage

Chinese Hackers Spotted Using Linux Variant of PingPull in Targeted Cyberattacks [Ed: This is a Windows issue; but when spotted in "Linux" the Linux-hostile media was all over this]

↺ Chinese Hackers Spotted Using Linux Variant of PingPull in Targeted Cyberattacks

> The Linux flavor of the malware, which was uploaded to VirusTotal on March 7, 2023, boasts of similar functionalities as its Windows counterpart, allowing it to carry out file operations and run arbitrary commands by transmitting from the C2 server a single upper case character between A and K, and M.

RTM Locker's First Linux Ransomware Strain Targeting NAS and ESXi Hosts [Ed: The issue here is VMware (proprietary), not "Linux"]

↺ RTM Locker's First Linux Ransomware Strain Targeting NAS and ESXi Hosts

> The Linux flavor is specifically geared to single out ESXi hosts by terminating all virtual machines running on a compromised host prior to commencing the encryption process. The exact initial infector employed to deliver the ransomware is currently unknown.

UPDATE

Another one:

Chinese hackers launch Linux variant of PingPull malware [Ed: Windows issue now spun as "Linux" in Linux-hostile, Microsoft-sponsored media]

↺ Chinese hackers launch Linux variant of PingPull malware

Another today:

Linux version of RTM Locker ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers [Ed: The issue here is VMware and proprietary software]

↺ Linux version of RTM Locker ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers

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