Security News > 2018 > December > Old and new OpenSSH backdoors threaten Linux servers

OpenSSH, a suite of networking software that allows secure communications over an unsecured network, is the most common tool for system administrators to manage rented Linux servers. And given that over one-third of public-facing internet servers run Linux, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that threat actors would exploit OpenSSH’s popularity to gain control of them. How big and widespread is the threat? Nearly five years ago, ESET researchers helped to disrupt a 25 thousand-strong … More → The post Old and new OpenSSH backdoors threaten Linux servers appeared first on Help Net Security.

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