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 […]
Jan 04, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency Miner / Malware Three new malicious packages have been discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) open-source repository with capabilities to deploy a cryptocurrency miner on affected Linux devices. The three harmful packages, named modularseven, driftme, and catme, attracted a total of 431 downloads over the past month before they were taken […]
Jan 04, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency Miner / Malware Three new malicious packages have been discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) open-source repository with capabilities to deploy a cryptocurrency miner on affected Linux devices. The three harmful packages, named modularseven, driftme, and catme, attracted a total of 431 downloads over the past month before they were taken […]
An advanced strain of malware masquerading as a cryptocurrency miner has managed to fly the radar for over five years, infecting no less than one million devices around the world in the process. That’s according to findings from Kaspersky, which has codenamed the threat StripedFly, describing it as an “intricate modular framework that supports both […]