{"id":1312,"date":"2016-10-25T08:04:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T08:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antivirus.comodo.com\/blog\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2025-04-07T19:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:02:02","slug":"linux-trojan-self-deletes-elude-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antivirus.comodo.com\/blog\/computer-safety\/linux-trojan-self-deletes-elude-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophisticated Linux Trojan Self-Deletes to Elude Detection"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new Linux trojan exploits weak security in Internet of Things (IoT) devices to infect those devices and allow them to be utilized as part of a Bot network. The trojan has been named ELF Linux\/NyaDrop. This trojan specifically targets the MIPS CPU architecture in Linux IoT devices.<\/p>\n

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Recently security blogger Brian Krebs’ website \u2013 krebsonsecurity.com \u2013 had faced a “historically large distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack”. The malware used for the attack has been named as “Mirai”. This malware scans<\/a> IoT devices connected to the internet to find out if they have the default authentication password. It has been seen as a trend that the default passwords are not being changed in many devices. This showcases the lack of importance given for changing the default passwords of devices. Many different types of IoT devices with 32bit clock MIPS CPU architecture were compromised – routers, digital video recorders, security cameras, and printers. (Canada Pharmacy<\/a>) <\/p>\n