Operation Windigo: Linux server-side malware campaign exposed

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 15:20 in Mathematics & Economics

(Phys.org) —Security researchers announced Tuesday a multi-year cybercriminal campaign called Windigo in which a malicious group compromised thousands of Linux and Unix servers. Once infected, victims' systems were used to steal credentials, redirect web traffic to malicious content and send millions of spam messages per day.

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