GNU / Linux is a very secure operating system, but not infallible. This has been demonstrated in the ShmooCon hacker conference. Security specialist IBM's X-Force, Jon Larimer, demonstrated with a specially rigged pendrive had a security hole.
The origin of the fault is in the Evince package and the ability of some distributions automatically mount USB devices. Evince generates a thumbnail that is displayed in Nautilus and in the process installs an exploit that takes control of the system with current user privileges.
free community monitors the source itself, though one thinks otherwise and has a higher resilience to big business and bureaucracy, so that the fault is corrected and updated Evince is sufficient.
Always pay attention what you do, because human ingenuity has no limits and the popularity of this great operating system, later or earlier will be the target of malware. As heard in a movie whose name I forget: "If you can imagine, can be done."
Via: Engadget
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