'Windigo' Malware Campaign Floods Internet with Spam, Porn

[Guest]

A massive malware campaign has infected 25,000 servers and is using them to flood the Internet with spam, malware and porn.

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[jhansonxi]

From Ars Technica (http/arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/10000-linux-servers-hit-by-malware-serving-tsunami-of-spam-and-exploits/): "The Windigo campaign doesn't rely on technical vulnerabilities to take hold of servers, Eset said. Instead, it uses stolen credentials. That finding led the researchers to conclude password authentication to access servers is inadequate."IOW, no OS exploit. Just typical idiots setting up servers.

 

[DA Dope]

Note that the "$" is not part of the test command. If you type "$ ssh..." you will get a false "system infected" response.

 

[deksman]

1. Adblock2. HTTPS everywhere3. Do Not Track A 'must have' extensions for Chrome. I also use Microsof Security Essentials with 0 problems, and Free Malwarebytes as a backup just in case.