Symantec warns of "parasitic storage"
Linux has come a long way in recent years and because of that increasing exposure, we are in the spotlight of not only the public's eye but also the crosshairs of anonymous attackers scouring the internet. Take a little time out of the day to go over your logs, check your firewalls, and run a packet sniffer once in a while to get a feel of whats going in and out of your network. Once you're done with that, breathe a sigh of relief - and then do it all over again.
"It's a subtle use of a botnet," said Guy Bunker, senior director of technical strategy at Symantec.