OT: Linux Malware is possible? if it is :(

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 10:29 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:04 -0500, Richard Heck wrote:
> > As has been pointed out, however, serious damage can be done even if
> > the 
> > cracker never gets root privileges.
> 
> Many people lose sight of the fact that their important data is in their
> home directory.
> 
> If I lose /bin I can download and reinstall stuff to create it again.

Not if it's been replaced by something else without you noticing.

> If I lose my home directory, all of my data is gone and I can't just
> download it from some random ftp server and reinstall.

So back it up.

> Yet /bin is much better protected (from me) than my home directory.

Linux is a multi-user system. The fact that it often has only one user
doesn't change that.

poc