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The user (perhaps running as root) was tricked into installed it. It has nothing to do with the kernel installation. The file name is chosen by the attackers t
by gvb 5y ago
The user (perhaps running as root) was tricked into installed it. It has nothing to do with the kernel installation.
The file name is chosen by the attackers to look like a legit executable - systemd-daemon if installed as root, $HOME/.gvfsd/.profile/gvfsd-helper if installed without root privileges. That way victims who are looking at file names won't be alarmed because they look like an expected file e.g. hiding in the forest of legit "systemd-*" files.
- jozvolskyef 5y agoThis is completely off topic but I love the Caesar cipher implementation in your bio. What does HAL stand for?
- lainga 5y ago2001:ASO's villain is named HAL execute the cipher on it and see :)
- Cyph0n 5y agoThe full name of the movie is “2001: A Space Odyssey”. It’s based on a novel by the great Arthur C. Clarke.
- dllthomas 5y ago"Based on" is a little imprecise. IIRC, the two were developed simultaneously and cooperatively, until Kubrick deviated at the end in some ways that made Clarke mad.
- Cyph0n 5y agoHuh, didn't know that! Thanks for sharing.
- jozvolskyef 5y agoThat's a shame. The book's ending is one of the most memorable things I ever read.
- kingsuper20 5y agoBased on a short story.
- Igelau 5y agoIBM
- thebigspacefuck 5y agoIBM is HAL
- cronix 5y agoSpecifically, each letter in H-A-L is one less than I-B-M
- overtomanu 5y agothis caesar cipher implementation doesnt replace z with a. incomplete??
- gvb 5y agoYes, but it is unnecessary for the specific application. It also doesn't "encode" '@' which was more awkward. :-)
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