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Re:Security researchers identify new malware targeting Linux by b3lvedere on Friday November 22, 2024 @02:21AM (#42211807)
>intended target is KDE and GNOME

Apologies for the dumb question, but does this mean my PiHole running on a small Debian server that has no KDE or Gnome installed, is safe from this?

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Re:Security researchers identify new malware targeting Linux by cookiengineer on Friday November 22, 2024 @05:20AM (#42212602)
Yes, if it's not running Tomcat.

(Personal opinion: You should never run Tomcat, history of really unsecure development practices)

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Re:Security researchers identify new malware targeting Linux by b3lvedere on Friday November 22, 2024 @06:11AM (#42212844)
To my knowledge PiHole uses Ngingx, so that seems ok. Thank you for your response.
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Re:Security researchers identify new malware targeting Linux by lyu07282 on Friday November 22, 2024 @10:26AM (#42214555)
PiHole is not usually exposed to the Internet, that's why it's less likely to be attacked at all. But I wouldn't call their nginx+php spaghetti stack "secure" or any less vulnerable.
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Re:Security researchers identify new malware targeting Linux by b3lvedere on Monday November 25, 2024 @10:42AM (#42237186)
It isn't exposed indeed, but i'd like to have it as safe as normally possible. Are there items you might suggest in making it more secure?
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