[wlug] Re: Microsoft Warns of 'Stealthy DDoS Malware' Targeting Linux Devices

On Sun, 22 May 2022 11:45:33 +1200, Peter Reutemann quoted:

'"In the last six months, we observed a 254% increase in activity from a Linux trojan called XorDdos," writes the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team.'

From <https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/23/microsoft_linux_botnet/>:

... Redmond noted that over the course of the XorDdos malware's 8-year reign of terror, it has hit a whopping (checks Microsoft's numbers)... err, we have no idea how many devices it has infected. The blog doesn't say. It also doesn't give any baseline for the 254 percent increase. And Microsoft said it wouldn't have them until the middle of next week.