Cybersecurity Podcast Highlights Botnet Activities, Software Updates, and Vulnerabilities

The podcast Sans Internet Storm Center Stormcast from February 13, 2026, covers several topics in cybersecurity. A journal written by intern Jonathan Husk analyzes a bot using IRC as a command and control channel, a method less common today. This bot attempts two passwords: Raspberry (a known default password for Raspberry Pi) and 993311, whose origin remains unexplained. Apple has updated OpenSSH to version 10.2 in macOS, introducing a warning when connecting to older Linux servers (such as Ubuntu 20.04) that do not support post-quantum algorithms. Huntress Labs has identified a Living off the Land attack exploiting Net Monitor, a surveillance tool used to execute code remotely. Finally, Palo Alto has fixed a vulnerability in PanOS that allows a persistent denial of service via repeated firewall reboots, activating its maintenance mode.