ShellBot DDoS Malware Targets Poorly Managed Linux Servers

A new campaign is deploying variants of the ShellBot malware, specifically targeting poorly maintained Linux SSH servers. It seems the threat actors use scanner malware to find systems that have SSH port 22 open and proceed to install ShellBot on the servers that have weak credentials. ShellBot, also known as PerlBot, is a DDoS Bot […]

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