Showboat Linux Malware Hits Middle East Telecom with SOCKS5 Proxy Backdoor

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux malware dubbed Showboat that has been put to use in a campaign targeting a telecommunications provider in the Middle East since at least mid2022 Showboat is a modular postexploitation framework designed for Linux systems capable of spawning a remote shell transferring files and functioning as a SOCKS5 proxy Lumen