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Title: Linux Systems Being Hit By SSH-Key Attacks
Post by: Sarah on August 28, 2008, 10:45:34 AM
Linux Systems Being Hit By SSH-Key Attacks


The attack appears to rely on stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system and then uses a local kernel exploit to gain root access, whereupon it installs the "phalanx2" rootkit.


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