--- title: The Art of Domain Deception: Bifrost's New Tactic to... description: A new Linux variant of Bifrost has been discovered, using a deceptive domain to deceive users and evade detection. It demonstrates an increase in Bifrost's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-art-of-domain-deception-bifrost-s-new-tactic-to-deceive-users-fabzqrtny twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Art of Domain Deception: Bifrost's New Tactic to Deceive Users | daily.dev og:description: A new Linux variant of Bifrost has been discovered, using a deceptive domain to deceive users and evade detection. It demonstrates an increase in Bifrost's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-art-of-domain-deception-bifrost-s-new-tactic-to-deceive-users-fabzqrtny og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fABzqrTnY.png og:image:alt: The Art of Domain Deception: Bifrost's New Tactic to Deceive Users og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Art of Domain Deception: Bifrost's New Tactic to Deceive Users **[Unit 42](https://daily.dev/sources/unit42)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A new Linux variant of Bifrost has been discovered, using a deceptive domain to deceive users and evade detection. It demonstrates an increase in Bifrost's Linux variants, raising concerns among security experts and organizations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#malware](https://daily.dev/tags/malware), [#firewall](https://daily.dev/tags/firewall) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-art-of-domain-deception-bifrost-s-new-tactic-to-deceive-users-fabzqrtny) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Art of Domain Deception: Bifrost's New Tactic to Deceive Users","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-art-of-domain-deception-bifrost-s-new-tactic-to-deceive-users-fabzqrtny","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-art-of-domain-deception-bifrost-s-new-tactic-to-deceive-users-fabzqrtny"},"datePublished":"2024-02-29T11:12:40.728Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:21:59.549Z","description":"A new Linux variant of Bifrost has been discovered, using a deceptive domain to deceive users and evade detection. It demonstrates an increase in Bifrost's...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1c138f1d938b16352e8dd9096fb9e0c3?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1c138f1d938b16352e8dd9096fb9e0c3?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Unit 42","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Unit 42","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/5b55ca8d2ae04181939041fbc9d78160","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/unit42"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-art-of-domain-deception-bifrost-s-new-tactic-to-deceive-users-fabzqrtny","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,linux,malware,firewall","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Unit 42","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/unit42"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Art of Domain Deception: Bifrost's New Tactic to Deceive Users"}]} ```