New ShellBot DDoS Malware Targeting Poorly Managed Linux Servers

Poorly managed Linux SSH servers are being targeted as part of a new campaign that deploys different variants of malware called ShellBot. “ShellBot, also known as PerlBot, is a DDoS Bot malware developed in Perl and characteristically uses IRC protocol to communicate with the C&C server,” AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) said in a report.
ShellBot is installed on servers that

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