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You might not know it, but IRC predates most of the internet and directly influences it today

One of the most famous IRC bots is Eggdrop, and it's still actively developed today. An Eggdrop bot is basically a small program you run on a server that connects to IRC 24/7 with a certain nickname, ...
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New SHC-compiled Linux malware installs cryptominers, DDoS bots

A new Linux malware downloader created using SHC (Shell Script Compiler) has been spotted in the wild, infecting systems with Monero cryptocurrency miners and DDoS IRC bots. According to ASEC ...