--- title: ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on... description: ShellBot malware is infiltrating poorly managed Linux SSH servers by using hexadecimal IP addresses to evade detection. It can launch DDoS attacks and deploy... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/shellbot-uses-hex-ips-to-evade-detection-in-attacks-on-linux-ssh-servers-3yqfencgf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on Linux SSH Servers | daily.dev og:description: ShellBot malware is infiltrating poorly managed Linux SSH servers by using hexadecimal IP addresses to evade detection. It can launch DDoS attacks and deploy... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/shellbot-uses-hex-ips-to-evade-detection-in-attacks-on-linux-ssh-servers-3yqfencgf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3YqFENcGF.png og:image:alt: ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on Linux SSH Servers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on Linux SSH Servers **[The Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/thn)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ShellBot malware is infiltrating poorly managed Linux SSH servers by using hexadecimal IP addresses to evade detection. It can launch DDoS attacks and deploy cryptocurrency miners. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#perl](https://daily.dev/tags/perl) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/shellbot-uses-hex-ips-to-evade-detection-in-attacks-on-linux-ssh-servers-3yqfencgf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on Linux SSH Servers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/shellbot-uses-hex-ips-to-evade-detection-in-attacks-on-linux-ssh-servers-3yqfencgf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/shellbot-uses-hex-ips-to-evade-detection-in-attacks-on-linux-ssh-servers-3yqfencgf"},"datePublished":"2023-10-12T12:00:54.105Z","dateModified":"2023-10-12T12:00:37.944Z","description":"ShellBot malware is infiltrating poorly managed Linux SSH servers by using hexadecimal IP addresses to evade detection. It can launch DDoS attacks and deploy...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/77d1f1b46e4f8367af6f10734c7a2cd1?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/77d1f1b46e4f8367af6f10734c7a2cd1?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/thn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/thn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/shellbot-uses-hex-ips-to-evade-detection-in-attacks-on-linux-ssh-servers-3yqfencgf","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cyber,perl","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/thn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on Linux SSH Servers"}]} ```