diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/hadoop.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/hadoop.py
index 0618a3dad..73caf065a 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/hadoop.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/hadoop.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 import json
 import posixpath
+import random
 import string
-from random import SystemRandom
 
 import requests
 
@@ -71,10 +71,11 @@ class HadoopExploiter(WebRCE):
         )
         resp = json.loads(resp.content)
         app_id = resp["application-id"]
+
         # Create a random name for our application in YARN
-        safe_random = SystemRandom()
+        # random.SystemRandom can block indefinitely in Linux
         rand_name = ID_STRING + "".join(
-            [safe_random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(self.RAN_STR_LEN)]
+            [random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(self.RAN_STR_LEN)]  # noqa: DUO102
         )
         payload = self._build_payload(app_id, rand_name, command)
         resp = requests.post(
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/powershell.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/powershell.py
index fa4ec74e1..41b9d9d00 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/powershell.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/powershell.py
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ class PowerShellExploiter(HostExploiter):
         self._try_ssl_login(use_ssl=True)
 
     def _try_ssl_login(self, use_ssl: bool):
+        # '.\' is machine qualifier if the user is in the local domain
+        # which happens if we try to exploit a machine on second hop
         credentials = Credentials(
             username=".\\dummy_username",
             secret="dummy_password",
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/tools/helpers.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/tools/helpers.py
index 0492223ed..155800fe6 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/tools/helpers.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/tools/helpers.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import logging
+import random
+import string
 from typing import Any, Mapping
 
 from infection_monkey.model import VictimHost
-import string
-from random import SystemRandom
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ def get_target_monkey_by_os(is_windows, is_32bit):
 
 def get_random_file_suffix() -> str:
     character_set = list(string.ascii_letters + string.digits + "_" + "-")
-    safe_random = SystemRandom()
-    random_string = "".join(safe_random.choices(character_set, k=8))
+    # random.SystemRandom can block indefinitely in Linux
+    random_string = "".join(random.choices(character_set, k=8))  # noqa: DUO102
     return random_string