Unix and macOS malware

This report covers 2005, and provides an overview of the evolution of malware targeting platforms other than Windows.

This latest report continues Kaspersky Lab’s series of quarterly reports on malware and cyber threat evolution.

We’ve received a new sample: another cross platform virus which will infect both Linux and Win32 systems. It’s therefore been given a double name: Virus.Linux.Bi.a/ Virus.Win32.Bi.a

Earlier today there have been a couple of reports about a MacOSX trojan on the MacRumors forum. We’ve been able to obtain a sample and take a look.

This morning a new worm for Linux appeared on the Internet. This is the second worm in the last couple of months.

We are receiving an increasing number of infection reports by Linux.Lupper, a Linux worm which spreads using a vulnerability in ‘xmlrpc.php’, a popular script found on various Linux distributions.

Viruses: not a Linux problem?

During the past few months Kaspersky Lab analysts have observed a surge in the number of rootkits detected. What has caused this growth and what risks do rootkits pose to users?

A professional malware market started to emerge at the very end of 2003, gained ground during 2004, and was well established by the beginning of 2005.

About Sun Microsystems’ initiative to give away Solaris 10 free and a link to Sadmind, the only known Solaris worm.