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A malicious PAM module, undetected by VirusTotal, embedded itself in the login process, granting covert access and resisting ...

"The implant is built as a malicious PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), enabling attackers to silently bypass system ...

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PAM, or pluggable authentication modules, are mechanisms that combine a series of lower tiered authentication schemes into a higher-level API.