Powerful Malware Disguised as Crypto Miner Infects 1M+ Windows, Linux PCs
Powerful Malware Disguised as Crypto Miner Infects 1M+ Windows, Linux PCs
Antivirus provider Kaspersky uncovers a sophisticated piece of 'StripedFly' malware camouflaged as a cryptocurrency miner that's been targeting PCs for more than five years.
Antivirus provider Kaspersky uncovers a sophisticated piece of 'StripedFly' malware camouflaged as a cryptocurrency miner that's been targeting PCs for more than five years.
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According to Kaspersky, StripedFly uses its own custom EternalBlue attack to infiltrate unpatched Windows systems and quietly spread across a victim’s network, including to Linux machines.
Yeah I call bullshit on that. Absolutely zero description of any vulnerability.
This is a different article but you should find at least some more information on how the malware works with Linux here:
I'm not a Linux user so I honestly don't know if that article is incredibly helpful or not.
From what it's describing, it sounds like it would only impact Linux computers that allow SMB1 access, such as domain-joined systems with samba access allowed. It sounds like this would target mainly enterprise Linux deployments but home Linux setups should be fine for the most part.
They describe an SSH infector, as well as a credentials scanner. To me, that sounds like it started like from exploited/infected Windows computers with SSH access, and then continued from there.
With how many unencrypted SSH keys there are, how most hosts keep a list of the servers they SSH into, and how they can probably bypass some firewall protections once they're inside the network: not a bad idea.
I think the original article talked about "spreading" to Linux machines so that generally tracks with what you're saying that it starts on a Windows machine that itself has access to a Linux machine.
Interesting, thanks for that
From the part you quoted earlier, it's absolutely useless, and not worth reading.
That's fair
I don't know why op did not want to share the original report, but it is linked in the article: https://securelist.com/stripedfly-perennially-flying-under-the-radar/110903/
I too am struggling to find the actual Linux vuln. It sounds like it steals ssh keys, so maybe just poorly configured hosts?
You should always have a file your home folder named SSH keys and Root password. /s
That's not just poor configuration, that's complete disregard for security.