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This Linux malware uses open source software to hide its malicious processes

January 28, 2021

Via: Techradar

Security researchers have discovered that a notorious threat group has upgraded its arsenal with a new tool that enable its malware to avoid detection in Linux.

Researchers at AT&T’s Alien Labs report that the TeamTNT cybercrime group, known for its break-ins into popular cloud instances for mining cryptocurrency, is now using a detection-evasion tool that is based on the open source libprocesshider library.

The libprocesshider library describes itself as a means to “hide a process under Linux.”

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