rugk 397 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 (edited) A serious software vulnerability called the “Bash Bug” or “Shellshock” has just come to light and it affects a wide range of computers and digital devices, many of which will need to be fixed to prevent them leaking information or being taken over by malicious persons. The official name of this vulnerability is the GNU Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6271) and it is a serious one, on a par with Heartbleed [...] What to do about Shellshock Bash bug on Mac OS X, web servers, routers, and more - WeLiveSecurity What is Shellshock and does ESET protect me from it? - ESET knowledgebase Edited September 29, 2014 by rugk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugk 397 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 (edited) Okay, there also are some threats that seems to exploit ShellShock. https://twitter.com/avtestorg/status/515880094360170498 According to AV-Test ESET detects this trojan as Linux_DDoS.M. Edited September 29, 2014 by rugk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi 19 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Thank you rugk and ESET for keeping us safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugk 397 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 (edited) Yeah you're welcome. Now there is also a complete Wikipedia article about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_%28software_bug%29 Edited September 29, 2014 by rugk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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