Recon-Only SSH Attack Leaves No Malware but Signals a Second-Stage Intrusion
Fri Jul 31 2026
Hacking
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Recon-only activity on SSH is not harmless background noise. A recent honeypot session shows an automated Go-based bot logging in as root, exhaustively grading host hardware for cryptomining suitability, then exiting without dropping a single binary. Cowrie, which exposes a realistic fake Linux shell and records full command transcripts, logged a connection from 91.92.40.13 that […]
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