[PLUG] cronrat, containers

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CronRAT: A New Linux Malware That's Scheduled to Run on February 31st

https://thehackernews.com/2021/11/cronrat-new-linux-malware-thats.html

Researchers have unearthed a new remote access trojan (RAT) for Linux 
that employs a never-before-seen stealth technique that involves masking 
its malicious actions by scheduling them for execution on February 31st, 
a non-existent calendar day.


The rocky road to better Linux software installation: Containers, 
containers, containers
https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/26/linux_software_installation/

Linux cross-platform packaging format Flatpak has come under the 
spotlight this week, with the "fundamental problems inherent in [its] 
design" criticised in a withering post by Canadian software dev Nicholas 
Fraser.


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