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Symantec finds Linux wiper malware used in S. Korean attacks

2013-03-21 13:54:45| InfoWorld: Top News

Security vendors analyzing the code used in the cyber attacks against South Korea are finding nasty components designed to wreck infected computers. Tucked inside a piece of Windows malware used in the attacks is a component that erases Linux machines, an analysis from Symantec has found. The malware, which it called Jokra, is unusual, Symantec said.

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