Windows infected with backdoored Linux VMs in new phishing attacks

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Windows infected with backdoored Linux VMs in new phishing attacks

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A new campaign spotted by Securonix researchers is instead using phishing emails to perform unattended installs of Linux virtual machines to breach and gain persistence on corporate networks.

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Re: Windows infected with backdoored Linux VMs in new phishing attacks

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@Jasper :-

Saw it this morning. (I have to spend my time sorting out spammers on the forum; I don't often get time to read the news over there...)

See my reply...

Mike. :shock: :D :lol:

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