• GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Did I miss it in the article? I cannot determine what the attack vector is. Am I downloading a malicious file? Am I running an insecure publicly facing service?

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      10 months ago

      This is the backdoor that’s deployed after a host is compromised. How the host is compromised is somewhat irrelevant. It could be exploited manually, social engineering, a worm, etc.