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A New Linux Backdoor ‘Plague’ Uses PAM to Bypass System Login

  • Linux, OpenSource, Ubuntu

Plague is a malicious program (a “backdoor”) specifically designed for Linux systems. Its main purpose is to allow attackers to secretly bypass system authentication.

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