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Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 4:58 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
I was looking for something totally unrelated on youtube and one of them side panels had a video about the worst linux virus ever called
EvilGnome.
Here's an
article and the aforementioned
video. I haven't had a gnome desktop since 2013 but I've always considered my MX pretty safe.
Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Linux spyware that's currently fully undetected across all major antivirus security software products, and includes rarely seen functionalities with regards to most Linux malware, The Hacker News learned.
Dubbed EvilGnome, the malware has been designed to take desktop screenshots, steal files, capture audio recording from the user's microphone as well as download and execute further second-stage malicious modules.
Anybody else seen this?
- mike
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:01 pm
by dreamer
Pretty remarkable. A good video btw.
Best comment:
Evil Gnome spies on you, listens to your conversations over your microphone and installs a keylogger. So it turns Gnome into Windows 10?
There is no need for a question mark at the end because all these things are confirmed by Windows privacy policy. As a long time Windows user I only rarely boot into it. It's a shame what Microsoft has done. It's like seeing a long time friend getting sick and slowly dying. Expect more Linux users. And more Linux malware.
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:27 pm
by handy
Red Hat's NSA dev's are probably behind it!
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:45 pm
by JayM
handy wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:27 pm
Red Hat's NSA dev's are probably behind it!
No need to spread false rumors when the
original article (that Hacker News summarized in
their article) makes it pretty clear that a Russian hacking group is probably behind it. They're probably state-sponsored as well.
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:37 pm
by megatotoro
Apparently, you need to use the Gnome DE and then go out of your way to download the virus and install it. The comments were pretty funny.
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 12:03 am
by masterpeace
Long-Live XFCE
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 3:34 am
by jackdanielsesq
Amen ...
MSFT has done absolutely squat since XP - Gates should be ashamed of himself, what he has [not] done
In fact, all the big tech co's are a total disgrace - chasing the same elusive data/blackmail unicorn
Rock-on KDE ....
Jack
dreamer wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:01 pm
Pretty remarkable. A good video btw.
Best comment:
Evil Gnome spies on you, listens to your conversations over your microphone and installs a keylogger. So it turns Gnome into Windows 10?
........ As a long time Windows user I only rarely boot into it. It's a shame what Microsoft has done. It's like seeing a long time friend getting sick and slowly dying. Expect more Linux users. And more Linux malware.
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:58 am
by handy
JayM wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:45 pm
handy wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:27 pm
Red Hat's NSA dev's are probably behind it!
No need to spread false rumors when the
original article (that Hacker News summarized in
their article) makes it pretty clear that a Russian hacking group is probably behind it. They're probably state-sponsored as well.
The Russian group are just a front for the Chinese, who are in fact covering for the North Korean's... (who they fund)
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:10 am
by manyroads
handy wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:58 am
JayM wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:45 pm
handy wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:27 pm
Red Hat's NSA dev's are probably behind it!
No need to spread false rumors when the
original article (that Hacker News summarized in
their article) makes it pretty clear that a Russian hacking group is probably behind it. They're probably state-sponsored as well.
The Russian group are just a front for the Chinese, who are in fact covering for the North Korean's... (who they fund)
[humor?] Whatever happened to "Spectre"???
[/humor?]
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:11 am
by JayM
handy wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:58 am
JayM wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:45 pm
handy wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:27 pm
Red Hat's NSA dev's are probably behind it!
No need to spread false rumors when the
original article (that Hacker News summarized in
their article) makes it pretty clear that a Russian hacking group is probably behind it. They're probably state-sponsored as well.
The Russian group are just a front for the Chinese, who are in fact covering for the North Korean's... (who they fund)
Who are in turn working for the MIB (Men In Black.) Why yes, I've been rewatching some old movies lately.
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:15 am
by Eadwine Rose
JayM wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:11 am
Who are in turn working for the MIB (Men In Black.) Why yes, I've been rewatching some old movies lately.
Recently watched some bloopers on that.. that was some seriously good entertainment hahaha
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:52 am
by j2mcgreg
Dreamer wrote:
Pretty remarkable. A good video btw.
No its not. It's just typical Titus -- he pontificates for about 8 minutes and then states all the steps a user has to do in order to get 'infected'.
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:47 pm
by handy
@JayM, yes I do that all the time. My movie collection definitely needs some updates...
(I did the MiB thing not too long ago myself. :) Which brings to mind a doco series made last year by National Geographic, that I just watched - it has Will Smith fronting it due to his MiB history - it is called "One Strange Rock" - most highly recommended).
/off-topic
Re: Linux virus named "Evil GNOME!"
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 6:27 pm
by Artim
My friend Data says it could be the Romulans or the Ferengi. Definitely not Klingons, Tholeans, Sona, or Cardassians.