ChinaZ DDoS Bot Malware Distributed to Linux SSH Servers

AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) has recently discovered the ChinaZ DDoS Bot malware being installed on inadequately managed Linux SSH servers. As one of the Chinese threat groups that were first discovered around 2014, the ChinaZ group installs various DDoS bots on Windows and Linux systems. [1] Major DDoS bots assumed to have been created by the ChinaZ threat group include XorDDoS, AESDDos, BillGates, and MrBlack. This article will cover the DDoS bot known as ChinaZ or ChinaZ DDoSClient. …

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