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Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor::SprySOCKS borrows from open source Windows malware and adds new tricks.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What part of that is a never before seen backdoor?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Since it’s a newly discovered virus, the entire thing. Doesn’t mean the tactics have never been seen before, just the specific implementation of Trochilus on Linux + SOCKS.

It’s poor writing to sound more dramatic while still being true.