Security News > 2021 > January > FreakOut malware exploits critical bugs to infect Linux hosts

An active malicious campaign is currently targeting Linux devices running software with critical vulnerabilities that is powering network-attached storage devices or for developing web applications and portals.

The purpose is to infect machines with vulnerable versions of the popular TerraMaster operating system, the Zend Framework, or Liferay Portal with FreakOut malware, which can help deploy a wide variety of cyberattacks.

The common ground for all three software solutions targeted in the ongoing FreakOut campaign is that they all have a large user base and have fixed critical issues recently.

Security researchers at Check Point discovered the FreakOut attacks and say that infected Linux devices join a botnet that could help deploy other cyberattacks.

FreakOut malware is new on the scene and can serve for port scanning, collect information, network sniffing, or to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks.

In a technical report today, Check Point provides a large list of the FreakOut malware capabilities along with details about the author and the infected systems.

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