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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Linux backdoor called PamDOORa being marketed on Russian cybercrime forums for $1,600. The tool operates as a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) post-exploitation toolkit designed to maintain persistent SSH access using a magic password and specific TCP port combination.