Bleeping Computer

New Linux malware brute-forces SSH servers to breach networks

A new botnet called 'RapperBot' is being used in attacks since mid-June 2022, focusing on brute-forcing its way into Linux SSH servers to establish a foothold on the device. The researchers show that ...
Dark Reading

Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge

The number of brute-force SSH attacks is rising, the SANS Internet Storm Center warned on Monday. There "has been a significant amount of brute force scanning reported by some of our readers and on ...
Bleeping Computer

Lemon_Duck cryptominer malware now targets Linux devices

The Lemon_Duck cryptomining malware has been updated to compromise Linux machines via SSH brute force attacks, to exploit SMBGhost-vulnerable Windows systems, and to infect servers running Redis and ...
Dark Reading

PumaBot Targets Linux Devices in Latest Botnet Campaign

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 ...
Linux Journal

Two Factors Are Better Than One

Although I've always been interested in security, there are just some security measures I've never liked. SSH brute-force attacks end up being a major way that attackers compromise Linux systems, but ...