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A recently identified Golang-based botnet has been identified by Palo Alto Networks, targeting web servers running FTP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, and Postgres services. Dubbed GoBruteforcer and hosted on a legitimate domain, the malware targets multiple architectures and deploys an internet relay chat (IRC) bot on a compromised server. The malware spreads using CIDR block scanning to…