ESET Uncovers Server Botnet That Infected over 25,000 UNIX Machines

Security researchers from ESET, CERT-Bund and other agencies have been monitoring a cybercriminal operation in which over 25,000 UNIX servers have been infected and abused over the past two years. The campaign has been dubbed Windigo (the name of a mythical creature from Algonquian Native American folklore). Infected servers are being used to send out...