uteck
09-05-2008, 07:45 AM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/04/linux_rootkit_released/
Our friends at El Reg point us to a company that says it has an open source root kit that it will provide support for.
"Charlie Miller, principal security analyst for Independent Security Evaluators, said in an email. "The gap between a script kiddie and a hacker just got a little smaller." "
Combined with the recent break in of Red Hat servers a week ago, this combo of events seems dangerous.
Our friends at El Reg point us to a company that says it has an open source root kit that it will provide support for.
"Charlie Miller, principal security analyst for Independent Security Evaluators, said in an email. "The gap between a script kiddie and a hacker just got a little smaller." "
Combined with the recent break in of Red Hat servers a week ago, this combo of events seems dangerous.