Security News > 2024 > November > Researchers unearth two previously unknown Linux backdoors

ESET researchers have identified multiple samples of two previously unknown Linux backdoors: WolfsBane and FireWood. The goal of the backdoors and tools discovered is cyberespionage that targets sensitive data such as system information, user credentials, and specific files and directories. These tools are designed to maintain persistent access and execute commands stealthily, enabling prolonged intelligence gathering while evading detection. WolfsBane execution chain (Source: ESET) WolfsBane Researchers discovered the WolfsBane samples at VirusTotal, uploaded from Taiwan, … More → The post Researchers unearth two previously unknown Linux backdoors appeared first on Help Net Security.

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