Linux Malware Deemed 'Nearly Impossible' to Detect
Symbiote, discovered in November, parasitically infects running processes so it can steal credentials, gain rootlkit functionality and install a backdoor for remote access.
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Symbiote, discovered in November, parasitically infects running processes so it can steal credentials, gain rootlkit functionality and install a backdoor for remote access.
Symbiote is deployed as a shared object that can inject itself into existing processes, making it difficult to detect.
Security researchers with BlackBerry and Intezer have shared details on a new Linux malware that “parasitically” infects all running processes on a target machine.
Symbiote is deployed as a shared object that can inject itself into existing processes, making it difficult to detect.