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Detecting Evasive Linux Malware Presentation

Rootkits
Education
Linux Forensics
Malware
October 20, 2023

Sandfly founder Craig Rowland gave a presentation for the FIRST Cold Incident Response Conference in Oslo on evasive Linux backdoors and malware below: Evasive Linux Backdoors and Malware…

Defending Security Infrastructure Against Wild Weasels

Malware
Linux Security
Education
September 01, 2023

In the 1960s the United States came up with a plan to deal with advanced anti-aircraft Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs) present in Vietnam: They'd equip a jet with anti-radiation missiles, then have…

Active vs. Dormant Attacks on Linux: Don't Neglect Either!

Malware
Linux Security
Education
August 17, 2023

Linux is the dominant operating system of the Internet. When it comes to detecting attacks against this platform however, there is a large focus spent on finding active attacks, but relatively little…

SSH Key Compromise Risks and Countermeasures

Malware
Linux Security
Linux Forensics
Education
June 26, 2023

When it comes to securing Linux systems, Secure Shell (SSH) has been one of the most dependable tools at a sysadmin's disposal. However, with every technology solution, there are potential pitfalls…

SSH Major Compromise Vector for Linux

Linux Security
January 05, 2023

Google just released their Cybersecurity Action Team Report for the end of 2022 and it had some interesting findings: More than 1/2 of all incidents involved weak credentials, no credentials, or…

Linux Stealth Rootkit Process Decloaking Tool Updated

Linux Forensics
Rootkits
Malware
November 21, 2022

Decloaking Linux stealth rootkits that are hiding processes from view is easy with our free tool sandfly-processdecloak which has been updated below: sandfly-processdecloak on Github This free tool…