malware checking for security software

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malware often attempts to determine if security tools or reverse engineering software is running on a host as a defensive measure. The malware, if it ...

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malware development

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malware development is the process of creating malware using software development practices.

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malware disabling SELinux

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Some examples of Linux malware such as the Skidmap malware will disable SELinux by running commands such as:

echo 0 > /selinux/enforce
setenforce 0 ...
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malware disguising User-Agent strings

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Often, malware or malicious actors will change the values of their User-Agent to circumvent security measures or avoid fingerprinting by security ...

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malware family

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A malware family is a group of malware that shares similar traits and a common code base.

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malware gathering system information

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malware often gathers information about a system such as its physical specs, networking configuration, operating system name and version, process ...

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malware installing additional software

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malware or threat actors may install additional software using the system’s package manager or official install media on compromised systems to ...

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malware propagation

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malware propagation refers to the techniques and mechanisms used by malware to spread from one system to another.

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malware replacing legitimate system components

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A common tactic of malware is to replace legitimate components of a system with modified, malicious versions.

For example, the ping program on Linux ...

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malware setting files as immutable or append only

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Some malware on Linux and Unix-like systems will set immutable or append only filesystem attributes on their files to make them harder for a systems ...

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