KnowBe4 - Bad guys use Google's Golang to cross-compile multi-platform malware

Here is the bad news:

• The use of Google's Golang (also called Go) programming language allows attackers to cross-compile malware for use on multiple platforms, making potential attacks on Linux more trivial to engineer.
• The new WellMess malware strain is able to operate on both Windows and on Linux, giving a remote attacker the ability to execute arbitrary commands as well as upload and download files, or run PowerShell scripts to automate tasks.

from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/bad-guys-use-googles-golang-to-cross-compile-multi-platform-malware