Security News > 2019 > May > Hackers Infect 50,000 MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin Servers with Rootkit Malware

2019-05-29 19:03
Cyber Security researchers at Guardicore Labs today published a detailed report on a widespread cryptojacking campaign attacking Windows MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin servers worldwide. Dubbed Nansh0u, the malicious campaign is reportedly being carried out by an APT-style Chinese hacking group who has already infected nearly 50,000 servers and are installing a sophisticated kernel-mode rootkit on
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