New ‘Plague’ PAM Backdoor Exposes Critical Linux Systems to Silent Credential Theft,
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux backdoor dubbed Plague that has managed to evade detection for a year.
« The implant is built as a malicious PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), enabling attackers to silently bypass system authentication and gain persistent SSH access, » Nextron Systems researcher Pierre-Henri Pezier said.
Pluggable Authentication Modules
« The implant is built as a malicious PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), enabling attackers to silently bypass system authentication and gain persistent SSH access, » Nextron Systems researcher Pierre-Henri Pezier said.
Pluggable Authentication Modules
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Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux backdoor dubbed Plague that has managed to evade detection for a year.
« The implant is built as a malicious PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), enabling attackers to silently bypass system authentication and gain persistent SSH access, » Nextron Systems researcher Pierre-Henri Pezier said.
Pluggable Authentication Modules
« The implant is built as a malicious PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), enabling attackers to silently bypass system authentication and gain persistent SSH access, » Nextron Systems researcher Pierre-Henri Pezier said.
Pluggable Authentication Modules
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