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Dark Reading
4 years ago
Symbiote Malware Poses Stealthy, Linux-Based Threat to Financial Industry
A Linux-based banking Trojan is a master at staying under the radar.
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Dark Reading
A Linux-based banking Trojan is a master at staying under the radar.
The Register
'Performing live forensics on an infected machine may not turn anything up' warn researchers Intezer security researcher Joakim Kennedy and the BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence Team have analyzed an unusual piece of Linux malware they say is unlike most seen before - it isn't a standalone executable file.…
The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off what they call a "nearly-impossible-to-detect" Linux malware that could be weaponized to backdoor infected systems. Dubbed Symbiote by threat intelligence firms BlackBerry and Intezer, the stealthy malware is so named for its ability to conceal itself within running processes and network traffic and drain a victim's resources like a parasite.
Bleeping Computer
Threat analysts have discovered a new malware targeting Linux systems that operates as a symbiote in the host, blending perfectly with running processes and network traffic to steal account credentials and give its operators backdoor access. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Threat analysts have discovered a new malware targeting Linux systems that operates as a symbiote in the host, blending perfectly with running processes and network traffic to steal account credentials and give its operators backdoor access. [...]
ThreatPost
Symbiote, discovered in November, parasitically infects running processes so it can steal credentials, gain rootlkit functionality and install a backdoor for remote access.
Dark Reading
So-called Symbiote malware, first found targeting financial institutions, contains stealthy rootkit capabilities.
ZDNet Security
Symbiote is parasitic malware that provides rootkit-level functionality.