Ramen worm

Ramen worm

The Ramen worm, also referred to (albeit incorrectly) as the "Ramen virus" was a worm that spread in January 2001, targeting systems running versions 6.2 and 7.0 of the RedHat Linux distribution.

This worm propagated using a brute force technique, searching the Internet for other machines running RedHat and copying itself to them. Once it infected a machine, it patched that same vulnerability, installed a rootkit, and sent the system's identity to an e-mail address coded in the worm.

An unusual feature of this worm was it's calling card that made infected systems easily identifiable; it replaced all files on the system named "index.html" with a modified version that read "RameN Crew - Hackers looooooooooooove noodles.".

ee also

*Linux malware


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