« Chaos » gives attackers, and follow-on attackers, full control over infected boxes.
In a blog post published Wednesday, Montreal-based GoSecure claimed that a piece of malware dubbed « Chaos » is infecting poorly secured systems by guessing weak passwords protecting secure shell application administrators use to remotely control Unix-based computers. The secure shell, or SSH, accounts being compromised run as root, and this is how the backdoor is able to get such access as well.
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How to protect yourself after the Equifax breach: Assume you’re affected.

• An estimated 143 million consumers could be affected by the Equifax data breach.
• Next steps include monitoring accounts and weighing credit freezes.

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Industry Era Names CounterTack to List of 10 Best Security Solution Providers for 2017

• Publication cites Digital DNA and comprehensive behavior-based memory analysis as competitive differentiators

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