Hackers resurrect 90s IRC tricks with SSHStalker, using old exploits to quietly compromise thousands of Linux servers ...

Researchers uncover SSHStalker, an IRC botnet exploiting legacy Linux flaws and SSH servers to build persistent covert access.

A newly documented Linux botnet named SSHStalker is using the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) operations.

They wanted "lulz" and drama, and now Anonymous has plenty of both. AnonOps, which ran the main IRC channels used to coordinate Anonymous' denial of service attacks, had its servers seized by a "rogue ...