[PLUG] Shiketega malware

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New Linux malware evades detection using multi-stage deployment
The EU’s AI Act could have a chilling effect on open source efforts, 
experts warn

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-malware-evades-detection-using-multi-stage-deployment/

"Shiketega malware is delivered in a sophisticated way, it uses a 
polymorphic encoder, and it gradually delivers its payload where each 
step reveals only part of the total payload.," explains AT&T’s report.

The infection begins with a 370 bytes ELF file, which is the dropper 
containing encoded shellcode.



Chilling Effect on OS

https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/06/the-eus-ai-act-could-have-a-chilling-effect-on-open-source-efforts-experts-warn/

If a company were to deploy an open source AI system that led to some 
disastrous outcome, the author asserts, it’s not inconceivable the 
company could attempt to deflect responsibility by suing the open source 
developers on which they built their product.




Pakistan government labels its own cybersecurity team 'incompetent'

https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/07/pakistan_government_security_incompetent/

You have to respect brutal honesty
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