Velvet Ant PAM Hardcoded Password Bypass — Login Succeeds After Reset
Detects successful authentication for a user account immediately following a password change event. This pattern is indicative of a compromised PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) component or similar authentication backdoor that utilizes a hardcoded 'master' password to maintain access, bypassing credential rotation. This behavior is associated with the threat actor Velvet Ant (Operation Highland).
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