Researchers uncover SSHStalker, an IRC botnet exploiting legacy Linux flaws and SSH servers to build persistent covert access.

The SSHStalker Linux botnet has ensnared 7,000 systems, deploying various scanners and malware, an IRC bot, and multiple kernel exploits.

A novel Go-based Linux botnet, dubbed "PumaBot," has been observed targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. PumaBot differentiates itself from typical botnets by remotely retrieving a list of ...

Hackers resurrect 90s IRC tricks with SSHStalker, using old exploits to quietly compromise thousands of Linux servers ...

A newly discovered botnet is compromising poorly-protected Linux servers by brute-forcing weak SSH password login authentication. Researchers at Canada-based Flare Systems, who discovered the botnet, ...

A newly documented Linux botnet named SSHStalker is using the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) operations.

A Linux-based botnet is alive and well, powering cryptocurrency theft and financial scams years after the imprisonment of one the key perpetrators behind it. The Ebury botnet — which was first ...

A botnet targeting Internet of Things devices running on the Linux operating system works by brute forcing credentials and downloading cryptomining software. See Also: Cracking the Code: Securing ...

Security researchers are warning about a novel Linux botnet, dubbed PumaBot, targeting Internet of Things (IOT) surveillance devices. According to a DarkTrace observation, the botnet bypasses the ...

A new report out today from Fortinet Inc.’s FortiGuard Labs details the activities of two different botnets observed through October and November that are being spread through vulnerabilities in ...