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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Joke’s on them, I don’t use bash.

Seriously though, Linux will probably get targeted more frequently now that it is becoming more popular as a desktop OS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But you probably have Bash? In this case, #!/bin/bash still runs it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah but according to the article it installs itself in .bash_profile.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So doesn't the user have to add +x to run this?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

No because the zip archive retains permissions of the contained files.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hm, maybe there should be an option to always disable the executable permission when extracting

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That's perhaps possible, but likely would have to be implemented in each achieving tools individually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It never occurred to me before reading this comment that there actually is a use case for the execute permission. To me it was always just this annoying thing I have to do whenever I download an executable which I didn't have to do on Windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Fun fact, Windows has the same permission it just defaults to enabled.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If you run random .pdf.something-files pm‘d to you on LinkedIn you probably shouldn’t use a computer anyway, no matter if it runs Linux or Windows…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lazarus' Operation DreamJob, also known as Nukesped, is an ongoing operation targeting people who work in software or DeFi platforms with fake job offers on LinkedIn or other social media and communication platforms.

Looks like they're going after desperate job seeking crypto bros. Even if it's not terribly effective, it's a spray and pray, so they probably got some people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Seems to me like they are targeting people who likely have access to assets that can be easily stolen and hard to track.