A newly discovered Linux malware, which has evaded detection for over a year, allows attackers to gain persistent SSH access ...

A malicious PAM module, undetected by VirusTotal, embedded itself in the login process, granting covert access and resisting ...

Researchers at German infosec services company Nextron Threat have spotted malware that creates a highly-persistent Linux ...

The above slopfarm of the Serial Slopper (SS) shows us how far some Microsofters [1] can manage to spread their claims of a "Linux backdoor" [2] or claim "backdoor sets sights on Linux" [3] when the ...

"The implant is built as a malicious PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), enabling attackers to silently bypass system ...

History Some form of module support has been around since Linux 1.2. However, modern kernels can be built to include support for things or support them as modules.

Paramount Penguin Linus Torvalds still uses a 2017 graphics card As work picks up on the forthcoming Linux 6.17, many ...

The malicious Apache module we have analyzed is detected by ESET as Linux/Chapro.A. the primary purpose of which is to inject malicious content into web pages served up by the compromised server ...

Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications, 3rd Edition by Doug Abbott offers a detailed, hands-on discussion that takes a developer from installation through application development. Presenting ...

Our objective in this chapter is to introduce the basics of Linux device drivers. We’ll begin with the concept of installable kernel modules. Then we’ll look at the basic device driver APIs in the ...