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ESET researchers publish a white paper about unique multiplatform malware they’ve named Kobalos
ESET researchers have analyzed malware that has been targeting high performance computing (HPC) clusters, among other high-profile targets. We reverse engineered this small, yet complex, malware that is portable to many operating systems including Linux, BSD, Solaris, and possibly AIX and Windows. We have named this malware Kobalos for its tiny code size and many tricks; in Greek mythology, a Kobalos is a small, mischievous creature. Today we publish a paper titled “A wild Kobalos appears: Tricksy Linux malware goes after HPCs” describing the inner working of this threat.