SJSmith@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 10 MonatenLinux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen wormarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down169
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkLinux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen wormarstechnica.comSJSmith@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 10 Monatenmessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareexcitingburp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·vor 10 Monaten/ laughs in immutable Linux
minus-squarecyberpunk007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·vor 10 MonatenWhat use is an immutable system, if it doesn’t already have the data on it that an attacker can steal?
minus-squareexcitingburp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-2vor 10 MonatenWorms are near impossible to install on an immutable system. You can’t just write to /usr/share/bin or some other truck to hide your binary. It doesn’t help at all with exfiltration
minus-squarecyberpunk007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·vor 10 MonatenYour last sentence is exactly my point.
/ laughs in immutable Linux
What use is an immutable system, if it doesn’t already have the data on it that an attacker can steal?
Worms are near impossible to install on an immutable system. You can’t just write to /usr/share/bin or some other truck to hide your binary. It doesn’t help at all with exfiltration
Your last sentence is exactly my point.