# Infecting SSH Public Keys with backdoors

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**Created:** [25 May 2023 01:20 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/infecting-ssh-public-keys-with-backdoors/110392 "2023-05-25T01:20:13Z")\
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> Infecting SSH Public Keys with backdoors.  
> In this article, you will learn how to add a backdoor to the SSH Public Key. The backdoor will execute whenever the user logs in. The backdoor hides as an unreadable long hex-string inside ~/.ssh/authorized\_keys or ~/.ssh/id\_\*.pub.  
> The source is avai…

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> **[Infecting SSH Public Keys with backdoors](https://blog.thc.org/infecting-ssh-public-keys-with-backdoors)**
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> In this article, you will learn how to add a backdoor to the SSH Public Key. The backdoor will execute whenever the user logs in. The backdoor hides as an unreadable long hex-string inside ~/.ssh/authorized\_keys or ~/.ssh/id\_\*.pub.
> The source is...

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