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Analysis of a Linux virus written in Bash

Author: Aleksei Miloserdov Oct 23, 2021 Bash Linux command line search for traces of hacking viruses IT Forensics

Bash virus code In the article “How to find and remove malware from Linux”, we looked at typical examples of how a virus in Linux makes itself persistent (in order to persist and start after a reboot), and also collected examples…

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How to find and remove malware from Linux

Author: Aleksei Miloserdov Oct 23, 2021 Enhancing security / protecting against hacker attacks Linux command line search for traces of hacking viruses Improving security IT Forensics

The other day I had a chance to clean the Linux server from a Trojan and a Miner. The server is headless (only with a console, no web panels or graphical interfaces), antiviruses and malicious traffic analyzers are not installed.…

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How to see and change timestamps in Linux. How to perform timestamps-based searching

Author: Aleksei Miloserdov Jul 9, 2019 file properties find Forensics hiding traces of hacking ls search for traces of hacking stat timestamps touch Anonymity, data encryption and anti-forensics IT Forensics

It all started with the fact that I became interested in how to find files created or modified in a system in a certain period of time. For example, how do you know which files in the /etc folder were changed in the last day or in…

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