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by SmileyRedBall 2522 days ago
> Linux desktop remains an unpopular choice among mainstream desktop users ..

Because it's virtually to buy a computer in the shops with a Linux Desktop pre-installed. Even online Dell manages to keep a Linux Desktop computer well hidden on their website.

> .. in the beginning of July, we discovered a new, fully undetected Linux backdoor implant ..

How does this “fully undetected Linux backdoor” get onto the Desktop in the first place, without the end-user explicitly downloading and installing this Linux “implant”.

> .. We have named the implant EvilGnome, for its disguise as a Gnome extension ..

Thanking you, so the “implant” disguises itself as a Gnome extension and resides on some third-party website.

> .. The malware is currently fully undetected across all major security solutions ..

So, the defect resides in the security solutions :]