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Re: File sharing with Bittorrent: what possible security threads?

from [Orlin Gueorguiev] Network Security [Permanent Link]
Subject: Re: File sharing with Bittorrent: what possible security threads?
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:30:50 +0100 
KDE(kdm to be more exact) disables per default the ability to login as root, 
thus the session is in 99,99% an user and not admin/root. So the only thing 
that might have happend is a user starting a console session with root 
rights. An thus your virus need to hack the console session or rootkit. I 
prefer playing with aliases more, for example putting  in .bashrc 'sudo 
apt-get update'='sudo <run malicios program> && apt-get update'.
I think everybody likes old school tricks. 

Cheers
Orlin

ÐÐ Thursday 27 March 2008 15:31:11 Adam Pal ÐÐÐÐÑÐ:

 "Wow,


send it to me -- I want to see this rarity!" :-)

--
Regards,
ASK


Hi Alex, i would like to add that i see no difference between the usual
Windows-user and the linux-user who stays logged in as root on his KDE and
surfs on the web (yes, such behavioral patterns exists *G*  ), so from this
point of view, in certain circumstances linux viruses propagate similar to
windows-viruses.

regards

Adam
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