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Compromised SSH Keys Lead To Linux Rootkit Attack 79

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @10:20AM from the bad-childhoods-keep-on-giving dept.

Tech Groupie writes "The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has issued a warning for what it calls 'active attacks' against Linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. The attack appears to initially use stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system, and then uses local kernel exploits to gain root access. Once root access has been obtained, a rootkit known as 'phalanx2' is installed."

Don't Worry, Ma'am, I'm From the Internet 2

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 14, 2008 @11:50AM from the to-protect-and-serve dept.

The internet protects the ladies, too.

Comment Feynmann (Score 1) 434

by bafarmer on Sunday September 09, 2007 @11:53PM (#20534439) Attached to: Bringing Science and Math Into Writing?

My high school physics teacher would read sections from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynmann! every week on Friday. I though it was weird then, but now I realize that it had a positive effect on me. It really helped to humanize the sciences.

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