ShellBot DDoS Malware Targets Linux SSH Servers

By Deeba Ahmed
As per a report from AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC), poorly managed Linux SSH servers are becoming…
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Rogue ChatGPT extension FakeGPT hijacked Facebook accounts

A tainted version of the legitimate ChatGPT extension for Chrome, designed to steal Facebook accounts, has thousands of downloads. Guardio’s security team uncovered a new variant of a malicious Chat-GPT Chrome Extension that was already downloaded by thousands a day. The version employed in a recent campaign is based on a legitimate open-source project, threat […]

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Reversing Emotet Dropping Javascript

Recently (On March 18 2023 at 23:44), a new malspam campaign has been observed in the wild ( HERE ), which caused a significant amount of concern. This campaign is designed to distribute malicious emails, which contain a harmful payload that can infect a user’s system, steal sensitive information, or launch other types of attacks. […]

Malware targets poorly managed Linux SSH servers

Poorly managed Linux SSH servers are now targeted as part of a new hacking campaign. This hacking campaign now deploys multiple variants of malware known as ShellBot. Malware targets mismanaged Linux SSH servers The AhnLab Security Emergency Response C…

ENISA: Ransomware became a prominent threat against the transport sector in 2022

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published its first cyber threat landscape report for the transport sector. A new report published by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) analyzes threats and incidents in the transport sector. The report covers incidents in aviation, maritime, railway, and road transport industries between January 2021 and October […]

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New Bad Magic APT used CommonMagic framework in the area of Russo-Ukrainian conflict

Threat actors are targeting organizations located in Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. Researchers believe that threat actors use spear […]

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New ShellBot bot targets poorly managed Linux SSH Servers

New ShellBot DDoS bot malware, aka PerlBot, is targeting poorly managed Linux SSH servers, ASEC researchers warn. AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) discovered a new variant of the ShellBot malware that was employed in a campaign that targets poorly managed Linux SSH servers. The ShellBot, also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC […]

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