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[Discuss] Azazel: new Linux rootkit



On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 09:14:52PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote:
> I suppose having things out in the open is better then it being hidden
> away in the dark corners of the Internet, where malicious actors will
> still find it, but the typical admin not focused on malware won't run
> across it until its too late.
> 
> How do you feel about open source malware?

About the same as I feel about security bug reports with
proof-of-exploit code attached: thanks for pointing it out, we'd
better fix that. Except that, in this case they didn't write or
distribute the bug report particularly well.

-dsr-



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