Anti-Linux Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering From Microsoft-Connected Sites
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BPFDoor malware uses Solaris vulnerability to get root privileges [Ed: Microsoft-connected sites obsess over privilege escalation while CISA discloses dozens of actively-exploited holes in Microsoft stuff in less than 2 days; nice deflection?]
New research into the inner workings of the stealthy BPFdoor malware for Linux and Solaris reveals that the threat actor behind it leveraged an old vulnerability to achieve persistence on targeted systems.
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CISA adds 41 vulnerabilities to list of bugs used in cyberattacks [Ed: So many of these are in fact Microsoft! Watch how Microsoft-connected sites are spinning this!]
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New Linux-based ransomware targets VMware servers [Ed: This does nothing to explain how the ransomware gets there in the first place. The net impact is, proprietary software is affected. Also, the vast majority of ransomware is Windows, not Linux, but media helps manipulate perceptions.]
Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered some new Linux-based ransomware that's being used to attack VMware ESXi servers, a bare-metal hypervisor for creating and running several virtual machines (VMs) that share the same hard drive storage. Called Cheerscrypt, the bad app is following in the footsteps of other ransomware programs—such as LockBit, Hive and RansomEXX—that have found ESXi an efficient way to infect many computers at once with malicious payloads.
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Google Cloud to Offer Security-Vetted Open Source Software [Ed: Google's priority is not real security but remote access by US authorities and their partners, so for the media to play along with the narrative Google disseminates PR money]
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