TechRepublic - IT Security: 25,000 co-opted Linux servers spread spam, drop malware and steal credentials

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A new report details how 25,000 servers were compromised. The attacks would have failed if more than single-factor login (username/password) had been required.

By Michael Kassner
March 19, 2014

Security company ESET has released a new report, Operation Windigo – The vivisection of a large Linux server-side credential stealing malware campaign. This report was a joint research effort by ESET, CERT-Bund, SNIC and CERN. The key phrase in the report title is “server-side.”

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