Authentication is a mechanism that verifies whether an entity is who it claims to be. On a Linux system, applications, such as su, passwd or login, are used to authenticate users before they are given ...

Security researchers have discovered an unusually evasive Linux backdoor, undetected even by VirusTotal, compromising systems as a malicious pluggable authentication module (PAM). Dubbed “Plague” by ...

Nextron Systems found a malicious Pluggable Authentication Module They named it Plague after finding pop culture references The malware is capable of wreaking havoc across high-value targets Security ...