Security News > 2019 > July > Linux Botnet Adding BlueKeep-Flawed Windows RDP Servers to Its Target List
2019-07-25 09:48
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of WatchBog, a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining malware botnet, which now also includes a module to scan the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep flaw. BlueKeep is a highly-critical, wormable, remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Remote Desktop Services that could allow an unauthenticated remote
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