Tag Archives: bash shell

WOPBOT BotNet

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Carmelo

A botnet runs on Linux and Linux variant servers, named wopbot that uses the Bash Shellshock bug to auto-infect others. The wopbot botnet is active and scanning the internet for vulnerable systems, including network ranges at the United States Department … Continue reading →

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Many IoT devices run embedded Linux distributions with Bash

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Carmelo

I’m not trying to perform a Chicken Little, but outside of corporate data centers, where the average home owner with some cool computerized toys who doesn’t perform regular updates, is very vulnerable and prone to privacy loss. Some devices are … Continue reading →

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BASH (Bourne-Again SHell) ShellShock Bug

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Carmelo

Stephane Chazelas, IT Manager at SeeByte, discovered a vulnerability in bash, related to how environment variables are processed: trailing code in function definitions was executed, independent of the variable name. For those unknowing, Bash is a command processor, typically run … Continue reading →

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