Beware the Festive Backdoor: SSH Mischief Unwrapped with a Malicious Twist!
Turns out Microsoft’s SSH tool moonlights as a comedy writer, crafting a Windows batch file with low VirusTotal scores. This sneaky script implements a backdoor using SSH, allowing malicious commands to execute, and downloads shady files, all while masquerading as a SOCKS proxy. Talk about a plot twist!
Hot Take:
This batch file is the ultimate party crasher, sneaking into your system like an uninvited guest who brings their own playlist and insists on playing it all night long. It doesn’t just RSVP; it brings a whole entourage of malicious activities, all while wearing a disguise of legitimate Windows tools. Who needs Santa when you have backdoor scripts dropping gifts like these?
Key Points:
- A Windows batch file abuses the ssh.exe tool to establish a backdoor.
- The script disables host key verification and allows execution of local commands.
- It uses a reverse tunnel to potentially act as a SOCKS proxy.
- The malicious executable is delivered via a Microsoft Dev Tunnels URL.
- The account and tunnel used in the attack are currently inactive.
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