Security News > 2023 > December > Warning: Poorly Secured Linux SSH Servers Under Attack for Cryptocurrency Mining
2023-12-27 05:29
Poorly secured Linux SSH servers are being targeted by bad actors to install port scanners and dictionary attack tools with the goal of targeting other vulnerable servers and co-opting them into a network to carry out cryptocurrency mining and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. "Threat actors can also choose to install only scanners and sell the breached IP and account credentials on
News URL
https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/warning-poorly-secured-linux-ssh.html
Related news
- New Perfctl Malware Targets Linux Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining and Proxyjacking (source)
- New scanner finds Linux, UNIX servers exposed to CUPS RCE attacks (source)
- Cybercriminals Exploiting Docker API Servers for SRBMiner Crypto Mining Attacks (source)
- Exploit released for new Windows Server "WinReg" NTLM Relay attack (source)
- Notorious Hacker Group TeamTNT Launches New Cloud Attacks for Crypto Mining (source)
- Windows infected with backdoored Linux VMs in new phishing attacks (source)
- Critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server now exploited in attacks (source)
- New 'Helldown' Ransomware Variant Expands Attacks to VMware and Linux Systems (source)
- 'Alarming' security bugs lay low in Linux's needrestart server utility for 10 years (source)