tsunamiddosmalwaressh2023

2025-10-25

Tsunami DDoS Malware Distributed to Linux SSH Servers

Jun 12 2023

AhnLab Security

https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/54647/

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AhnLab Security
AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC)
Tsunami DDoS Bot, Kaiten
DDoS
SSH
Linux malware
ShellBot https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/49769/
XMRig
coinminer
Log Cleaner
DDoS bots
ChinaZ DDoS Bot https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/50316/
SHC malware https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/45182/
KONO DIO DA campaign https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/54647/
IRC bot
Mirai
Gafgyt
IoT
IRC
Docker
dictionary attack
– list of creds used: admin:qwe123Q#, … dell:123
one-liner that checks if host has gpu then wget and run IRC bot
overwrites false, nologin, with bash
ping6 suid shell privesc persistence
attacker adds SSH key
timestomping
– list of domains
– attackers public key
Ziggy StarTux
ddoser – v0.69
rc.local persistence
changes process name to “[kworker/0:0]”
– list of c2 commands and capabilities
SSHBot is written in Perl
0x333shadow Log Cleaner
MIG Logcleaner v2.0
utmp, wtmp, lastlog
finger
Solaris malware
ping6 – setuid, setgid, execl privesc
XMRig – televizor cnrig
mining pool
Monero

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