Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) “Gelsemium” has altered its decade-old backdoors, Wolfsbane and Firewood, to now focus on Linux systems, versus their original design to infiltrate Windows systems. This rise in Linux-related cyber threats corresponds with increasing adoption of Linux for organizational server needs. Linux-targeted malware infections now account for 32% of all infections, and security experts anticipate this number to rise.
The Internet Compares Microsoft’s Bing Wallpaper App to Malware
Bing Wallpaper app comes with questionable features such as automatic installation of Bing Visual Search, a web geolocation API, and mechanisms to push users towards
