Linux uncrackable...?

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 09/02/2012 01:54 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 1:46 PM, jdow <jdow at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> My take away from this is that absolutely nothing except a totally
>> disconnected machine in an impenetrable safe is uncrackable, even Fedora
>> machines. Some form of "AV" tool is called for as well as routine checks
>> with the various system check utilities. Even that won't prevent 100% of
>> all attempts from succeeding. But it will help.
> so that you sleep safe at night...
>
> -----
>   "According to CitizenLab's research and WikiLeaks cables, following
> should be the supported features":
>
>      Bypassing of 40 regularly tested Antivirus Systems
>      Covert Communication with Headquarters
>      Full Skype Monitoring (Calls, Chats, File Transfers, Video, Contact List)
>      Recording of common communication like Email, Chats and Voice-over-IP
>      Live Surveillance through Webcam and Microphone
>      Country Tracing of Target
>      Silent extracting of Files from Hard-Disk
>      Process-based Key-logger for faster analysis
>      Live Remote Forensics on Target System
>      Advanced Filters to record only important information
>      Supports most common Operating Systems (Windows, Mac OSX and Linux)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ------
> source:
> http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/22202-FinFisher-The-Cyber-Espionage-Tool-Found-Everywhere.html
>
> more here, including a mind-blowing account on how a special unicode
> character and the awesome security of the windows shell is used to
> trick users into seeing "something.jpg.exe" into "something.exe.jpg"
> and double click on it...
>
> https://citizenlab.org/2012/07/from-bahrain-with-love-finfishers-spy-kit-exposed/
>
> but remember, they say Linux is supported...
>
> FC
So then is there any particular anti-virus / spyware...software that you 
would recommend?...


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