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Re:Linux ransomware in the wild by kbp on Saturday October 21, 2017 @01:31PM (#15522634)
> So they check .bash_history and then they realize they just need to also `alias /usr/bin/sudo`.

    $ alias /usr/bin/sudo=whatever
    bash: alias: `/usr/bin/sudo': invalid alias name
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Re:Linux ransomware in the wild by chrisfosterelli on Saturday October 21, 2017 @03:20PM (#15523158)
Oh, fair point. Not all shells support this apparently. zsh does:

    -> alias /usr/bin/sudo='ls -a'
    -> /usr/bin/sudo
     .  ..
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