New Linux Malware “EvilGnome” Spying on Linux Desktop Users and Steal Sensitive Files

From gbhackers.com

EvilGnome

Researchers discovered a new Linux malware called “EvilGnome” with previously unseen functionalities that capable of creating a backdoor and spying the Linux desktop users.

Based on the evidence and the operational similarities, the implant possibly distributed by Gamaredon Group, a Russian based threat group that has been active since at least 2013.

Gamaredon Group attack victims using a different form of malicious attachments, delivered via spear-phishing techniques and employed the information-stealing tools.

This malware impersonates the Gnome extension so that researchers from intezer named the implant EvilGnome which is completely undetected by all the major security software from leading vendors.

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