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BASHLITE Malware leverages ShellShock Bug to Hijack Devices Running BusyBox

A new variant of ” malware targeting devices running BusyBox software was spotted by the researchers at Trend Micro shortly after the public disclosure of the ShellShock vulnerability. The malware variant, detected as ELF_BASHLITE.A (ELF_FLOODER.W), when executed on victim’s machine, scans compromised networks for devices such as routers and Android phones. The variant would then run a command to download and run bin.sh and bin2.sh scripts to gain control over Busybox systems.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/11/bashlite-malware-leverages-shellshock.html

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