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AttackFeed by Joe Wagner | SSHStalker Botnet Uses IRC C2 to Control Linux Systems via Legacy Kernel Exploits  - The Hacker News

SSHStalker Botnet Uses IRC C2 to Control Linux Systems via Legacy Kernel Exploits  – The Hacker News

Posted on February 11, 2026 By [email protected] (The Hacker News)
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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet operation called SSHStalker that relies on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) purposes.
“The toolset blends stealth helpers with legacy-era Linux exploitation: Alongside log cleaners (utmp/wtmp/lastlog tampering) and rootkit-class artifacts, the actor keeps a large back-catalog of  –

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