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Stealthier version of Linux BPFDoor malware spotted in the wild
By Bill Toulas
Excerpt
BPFDoor is a stealthy backdoor malware that has been active since at least 2017 but was only discovered by security researchers around 12 months ago.
The malware gets its name from the use of the 'Berkley Packet Filter' (BPF) for receiving instructions while bypassing incoming traffic firewall restrictions.
BPFDoor is designed to allow threat actors to maintain lengthy persistence on breached Linux systems and remain undetected for extended periods.…
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