Security News > 2017 > September > Thousands of Elasticsearch Servers Hijacked to Host PoS Malware

2017-09-13 19:51
Over 4,000 insecure Elasticsearch servers have been hosting the point-of-sale malware Alina and JackPoS.
News URL
http://threatpost.com/thousands-of-elasticsearch-servers-hijacked-to-host-pos-malware/127965/
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Related vendor
VENDOR | LAST 12M | #/PRODUCTS | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH | CRITICAL | TOTAL VULNS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elasticsearch | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 |