Handler on Duty: Russ McRee
Threat Level: green
Podcast Detail
SANS Stormcast Friday, February 13th, 2026: SSH Bot; OpenSSH MacOS Change; Abused Employee Monitoring
If you are not able to play the podcast using the player below: Use this direct link to the audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/securitypodcast/9808.mp3
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| Application Security: Securing Web Apps, APIs, and Microservices | Orlando | Mar 29th - Apr 3rd 2026 |
| Network Monitoring and Threat Detection In-Depth | Amsterdam | Apr 20th - Apr 25th 2026 |
Four Seconds to Botnet - Analyzing a Self-Propagating SSH Worm with Cryptographically Signed C2 [Guest Diary]
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Four%20Seconds%20to%20Botnet%20-%20Analyzing%20a%20Self%20Propagating%20SSH%20Worm%20with%20Cryptographically%20Signed%20C2%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32708
OpenSSH Update on MacOS
https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html
Employee Monitoring and SimpleHelp Software Abused in Ransomware Operations
https://www.huntress.com/blog/employee-monitoring-simplehelp-abused-in-ransomware-operations
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