Tag: ghostpenguin

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AI-Automated Threat Hunting Brings GhostPenguin Out of the Shadows

An undocumented Linux backdoor called GhostPenguin was discovered using AI-driven threat hunting. This multi-threaded C++ malware provides remote shell access and file system operations over an encrypted UDP channel. It uses a structured handshake mechanism and synchronizes threads for registration…
c++
linux backdoor
remote shell
multi-threaded
2025-12-08
ai threat hunting
ghostpenguin
rc5 encryption
udp communication
zero-detection malware
Published: December 8, 2025
Downloadable IOCs: 2
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