Re: [PLUG] stealthy backdoor, BT trackable

[Eric Lucas via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

I saw this earlier... what I was not able to find is information on how to detect if my Linux systems are infected by it.

Eric Lucas

On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 10:38 AM jeffv via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:

New ultra-stealthy Linux backdoor isn’t your everyday malware discovery

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/06/novel-techniques-in-never-before-seen-linux-backdoor-make-it-ultra-stealthy/

On Thursday, researchers from Intezer and The BlackBerry Threat Research
& Intelligence Team said that the previously undetected backdoor
combines high levels of access with the ability to scrub any sign of
infection from the file system, system processes, and network traffic.
Dubbed Symbiote, it targets financial institutions in Brazil and was
first detected in November.



Hardware flaws give Bluetooth chipsets unique fingerprints that can be
tracked

https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/10/smartphone-bluetooth-tracking/

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