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Linux Malware targets misconfigured misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis servers

Linux Malware targets misconfigured misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis servers Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2024 A new Linux malware campaign campaign is targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis instances. Researchers from Cado Security observed a new Linux malware campaign targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis instances. The threat actors […]

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Exposed Docker APIs Under Attack in ‘Commando Cat’ Cryptojacking Campaign

Feb 01, 2024NewsroomCryptojacking / Linux Security Exposed Docker API endpoints over the internet are under assault from a sophisticated cryptojacking campaign called Commando Cat. “The campaign deploys a benign container generated using the Commando project,” Cado security researchers Nate Bill and Matt Muir said in a new report published today. “The attacker escapes this container […]

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Exposed Docker APIs Under Attack in ‘Commando Cat’ Cryptojacking Campaign

Feb 01, 2024NewsroomCryptojacking / Linux Security Exposed Docker API endpoints over the internet are under assault from a sophisticated cryptojacking campaign called Commando Cat. “The campaign deploys a benign container generated using the Commando project,” Cado security researchers Nate Bill and Matt Muir said in a new report published today. “The attacker escapes this container […]

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New Docker Malware Steals CPU for Crypto & Drives Fake Website Traffic

Jan 18, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cryptocurrency Vulnerable Docker services are being targeted by a novel campaign in which the threat actors are deploying XMRig cryptocurrency miner as well as the 9Hits Viewer software as part of a multi-pronged monetization strategy. “This is the first documented case of malware deploying the 9Hits application as a payload,” […]

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New Malware Exploits 9Hits, Turns Docker Servers into Traffic Boosted Crypto Miners

Cybercriminals are targeting vulnerable Docker servers by deploying two containers: a standard XMRig miner and the 9Hits viewer application—an automated traffic exchange system. Cado Security researchers have discovered a new campaign targeting vulnerable Docker servers, deploying two containers – a regular XMRig miner and the 9hits viewer application. This is the first documented case of malware deploying the […]

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MySQL Servers, Docker Hosts Infected With DDoS Malware

Attackers are targeting MySQL servers and Docker hosts to plant malware capable of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to a warning from researchers at the AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center. According to AhnLab, attacks targeting MySQL on Windows have increased in frequency with vulnerable MySQL servers infected with ‘Ddostf’, a DDoS-capable botnet of Chinese […]

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Alert: OracleIV DDoS Botnet Targets Public Docker Engine APIs to Hijack Containers

Nov 14, 2023NewsroomCloud Security / Malware Publicly-accessible Docker Engine API instances are being targeted by threat actors as part of a campaign designed to co-opt the machines into a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet dubbed OracleIV. “Attackers are exploiting this misconfiguration to deliver a malicious Docker container, built from an image named ‘oracleiv_latest’ and containing Python […]

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Python Malware Poses DDoS Threat Via Docker API Misconfiguration

Security researchers have identified a new cyber-threat targeting publicly exposed instances of the Docker Engine API.  In this campaign, attackers exploit misconfigurations to deploy a malicious Docker container with Python malware compiled as an ELF executable. The malicious tool, functioning as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) bot agent, exhibits various attack methods for conducting […]