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SSHStalker botnet targets Linux servers with legacy exploits and SSH scanning

  • Pierluigi Paganini--Securityaffairs.com
  • published date: 2026-02-11 09:49:39 UTC

A new Linux botnet, SSHStalker, has infected about 7,000 systems using old 2009-era exploits, IRC bots, and mass-scanning malware. Flare researchers uncovered a previously undocumented Linux botnet dubbed SSHStalker, observed via SSH honeypots over two months…

SSHStalker botnet targets Linux servers with legacy exploits and SSH scanning Flare researchers uncovered a previously undocumented Linux botnet dubbed SSHStalker, observed via SSH honeypots over tw… [+5003 chars]