Xone
Xone
Type File virus
Creator Cyneox
Date Discovered 2004.10.28
Place of Origin Germany
Source Language Assembly
Platform Linux
Infection Length 2,837 bytes

Xone is a Linux virus coded by Cyneox, a Romanian-born hacker who was living in Germany at the time. It is a direct action infector that uses a "mother" file containing the actual virus and a small infector file of about 70 bytes.

Sources

Trend Micro, ELF_XONE.A. (dead link, not archived)

Second Part to Hell, Ready Rangers Liberation Front, Issue 6, Interview with Cyneox.

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