[dundee] Fwd: [ubuntu-uk] How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps?

[Lee Hughes]

that's a very interesting article... thanks for that...

I guess a real addition to this would be some sudo action..

http://users.telenet.be/mydotcom/program/shell/bruteforce.htm

solutions? run your browser in a chroot jail? use a virtual machine for browsing?
make your machine only run code with a valid certificate (can you do that for shell scripts)

linux is not more secure than windows....but it's no less, and it's not completly stupid!
but if a user is driving a car, and dedcides he/she want to drive it to a wall, then what
are you suppose to do? vista would probably ask....

I guess the next evolution for gnome/jde is specfic application and data object security?

i.e. can firefox access my address book? can firefox read/write files to /home/secretdata?


discuss...



## short passwords with 2 identical syllables				# 25 minutes
# first try syllables of 1-2 char, then 3 char
for l in 2 1 3  ; do
	generatewords $l $l a | while read part1; do
	
		echo $part1$part1 ;
		
		# while we're at it, include capitalization
		cap=$( echo ${part1:0:1} | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' )
		part0=$cap${part1:1}
		echo $part0$part1
		
		# and camel case
		echo $part0$part0
		
		# and all caps
		cap=$( echo $part1 | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' )
		echo $cap$cap
		sudo < $capcap ;-) 
	done 
done
	
mwwwwhahahahahahaahahahahaha....


http://users.telenet.be/mydotcom/program/shell/bruteforce.htm

--- On Wed, 11/2/09, azmodie <azmodie at gmail.com> wrote:
From: azmodie <azmodie at gmail.com>
Subject: [dundee] Fwd: [ubuntu-uk] How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps?
To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee at lists.lug.org.uk>
Date: Wednesday, 11 February, 2009, 1:50 AM

so what the ethical hackers opinions on this then ?

azmodie

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: alan c
Date: 2009/2/10
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps?
To: British Ubuntu Talk


In the open and sharing spirit of FOSS I offer a heads up to a well
written item which looks like it needs some actions in response.
There may be some nice debate about a definition here or there, but
the real world is in this article as far as I can see.

I trust it will not be long before I can feel just a little safer?
comments welcomed.

I should say that if you have seen other items and comments about
'linux viruses' then what you read is probably still true, in a strict
sense. However, I cannot fault the information given in this item, and
it does seem that some action can be sensibly taken by both the gnome
and kde teams.

(and well done, the thunar project!!)

Article:
How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/foobar/6229
--
alan cocks

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