New ‘Plague’ PAM Backdoor Exposes Critical Linux Systems to Silent Credential Theft
- Posted on August 4, 2025
- By The Hacker News
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New ‘Plague’ PAM Backdoor Exposes Critical Linux Systems to Silent Credential Theft

Undetected for a year, Plague malware targets Linux PAM to hijack SSH access and erase forensic traces.