Initially it looked like the “Hand of Thief” (HoT) Trojan would be the first successful Linux Trojan. However, further investigation by RSA, the Security Division of EMC, reveals that the Hand of Thief is just another in a long line of so-called Linux malware that’s more bark than bite.
Indeed, the only people who will be hurt by this so-called Trojan are the cyber-criminals who paid $2,000 for this half-baked hack.