Linux/Moose Worm Targets Routers, Modems, and Embedded Systems
by Peter Reutemann
'Security firm ESET has published a report on new malware that targets
Linux-based communication devices (modems, routers, and other
internet-connected systems) to create a giant proxy network for
manipulating social media. It's also capable of hijacking DNS
settings. The people controlling the system use it for selling
"follows," "likes," and so forth on social media sites like Twitter,
Instagram, Vine, Facebook, and Google+. Affected router manufacturers
include: Actiontec, Hik Vision, Netgear, Synology, TP-Link, ZyXEL, and
Zhone. The researchers found that even some medical devices were
vulnerable to the worm, though it wasn't designed specifically to work
with them.'
-- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/15/05/26/1854207
Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
5 years
Debian8 Gnome3 desktop - Debian Installer problem
by Ian Stewart
Hi,
At last nights wlug meeting I did a show and tell of my recent adventures with downloading and installing Debian 8 Live + non-free.
I had encountered a problem with the Gnome3 desktop in that the Debian Installer application, which displays itself in full-screen mode, was not positioned correctly. As a result the Debian Installer applications "continue" and "go back" buttons are off the bottom of the display.
Today I bumped into Ian Young, who provided a solution to this Gnome3 / Debian Installer problem. The workaround is to type Alt+Spacebar to open up a menu. Then select "Move to Workspace Down". The debian installer is placed into the second display workspace and in full-screen mode it is now positioned correctly so all pushbuttons may be accessed.
I've tested out the Debian8 Installer on the KDE, xfce, LXDE, and Mate desktop environments and they position the Debian Installer window correctly.
Also at last nights meeting I suggested the following command to copy the .iso file to a USB stick as device sdc...
$ sudo dd if="debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-gnome-desktop nonfree.iso" of=/dev/sdc bs=4M; sync
An alternative to this, which I tested out OK today is...
$ sudo cp "debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-gnome-desktop nonfree.iso" /dev/sdc
...wishing you all the best with Debian8.
cheers, Ian.
5 years
“*ERROR* pipe is still busy with an old pageflip”
by Lawrence D'Oliveiro
I’ve been hitting an occasional display freeze that matches this
description <http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7675146.html>. Looks
like a known problem with the 3.16 kernel. I thought things had got
better with a system update I did 11 days ago, but this afternoon the
freeze recurred.
Unlike the previous times, killing all my user processes succeeded in
unfreezing the display, so I was able to log in again without rebooting.
5 years
