Security News > 2018 > December > Old and new OpenSSH backdoors threaten Linux servers
2018-12-07 12:04
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.
News URL
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/TYF4KxhRiyw/
Related news
- Critical Zimbra RCE flaw exploited to backdoor servers using emails (source)
- New Perfctl Malware Targets Linux Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining and Proxyjacking (source)
- New scanner finds Linux, UNIX servers exposed to CUPS RCE attacks (source)
- Researchers unearth two previously unknown Linux backdoors (source)
- Chinese APT Gelsemium Targets Linux Systems with New WolfsBane Backdoor (source)
- Week in review: 0-days exploited in Palo Alto Networks firewalls, two unknown Linux backdoors identified (source)