[Novalug] "Hand of Thief Malware" targets linux

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Tue Aug 20 13:19:02 EDT 2013


Ok,

1. Be careful what you click on the internet!

2. Read the pop-ups, close if you don't understand them.

3. Only install from known SW repositories.

4. You can't fix stupid! - Ron White

Jay

> Is that supposed to be a helpful answer?
> How about some enlightenment...
>
> On 08/20/2013 12:06 PM, Jay Hart wrote:
>> IOW, nothing new here, user is still the stupid link in all of this!!!
>>
>>> >What I do not understand is the warning in some of these articles on
>>> >Hand of Thief that it can be installed by clicking on a link in e-mail.
>>> >
>>> >Even if you go to a dangerous website using Linux, don't you have to
>>> >respond to a request for root or sudo password before anything like this
>>> >can be installed.
>>> >
>>> >Paranoid/Nervous minds wish to know ...
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