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Plague


According to Nexttron Systems, this is an implant built as a malicious PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), enabling attackers to silently bypass system authentication and gain persistent SSH access.

References
2025-08-01Nextron SystemsPezier Pierre-Henri
Plague: A Newly Discovered PAM-Based Backdoor for Linux
Plague

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