heads up, folks: random vnc (remote desktop) attempts

[H.S.]

Mark Haney wrote:
> H.S. wrote:
>> Yeah, the the question stands, but I will rephrase. How can one install
>> a rootkit without sudo privileges?
>>
>>
>>
> There are lots of ways, typically a kernel bug or a bug in a driver or
> app that has kernel level access.

I see. Thanks.


So the remote user first has to expect to get the desktop, on the right
OS (windows, mac, Linux), the right kernel and architecture and without
the security updates to get into the system to fiddle with rootkits.

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