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New Self-Spreading Malware Infects Docker Containers to Mine Dero Cryptocurrency
2025-05-27 16:23

Misconfigured Docker API instances have become the target of a new malware campaign that transforms them into a cryptocurrency mining botnet. The attacks, designed to mine for Dero currency, is...

Critical Versa Concerto Flaws Let Attackers Escape Docker and Compromise Hosts
2025-05-22 11:06

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered multiple critical security vulnerabilities impacting the Versa Concerto network security and SD-WAN orchestration platform that could be exploited to take...

Docker Malware Exploits Teneo Web3 Node to Earn Crypto via Fake Heartbeat Signals
2025-04-22 16:46

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a malware campaign that's targeting Docker environments with a previously undocumented technique to mine cryptocurrency. The activity cluster, per Darktrace...

Experts Uncover New XorDDoS Controller, Infrastructure as Malware Expands to Docker, Linux, IoT
2025-04-18 07:10

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of continued risks posed by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) malware known as XorDDoS, with 71.3 percent of the attacks between November 2023 and...

Docker Desktop blocked on Macs due to false malware alert
2025-01-10 16:37

Docker is warning that Docker Desktop is not starting on macOS due to malware warnings after some files were signed with an incorrect code-signing certificate. [...]

Perfctl malware strikes again as crypto-crooks target Docker Remote API servers
2024-10-24 02:30

Attacks on unprotected servers reach 'critical level' An unknown attacker is abusing exposed Docker Remote API servers to deploy perfctl cryptomining malware on victims' systems, according to...

Cybercriminals Exploiting Docker API Servers for SRBMiner Crypto Mining Attacks
2024-10-22 14:00

Bad actors have been observed targeting Docker remote API servers to deploy the SRBMiner crypto miner on compromised instances, according to new findings from Trend Micro. "In this attack, the...

New Cryptojacking Attack Targets Docker API to Create Malicious Swarm Botnet
2024-10-01 05:12

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign targeting the Docker Engine API with the goal of co-opting the instances to join a malicious Docker Swarm controlled by the...

DockerSpy: Search for images on Docker Hub, extract sensitive information
2024-09-11 04:30

DockerSpy scans Docker Hub for images and retrieves sensitive information, including authentication secrets, private keys, and other confidential data. “DockerSpy was created to address the...

Docker-OSX image used for security research hit by Apple DMCA takedown
2024-08-31 14:16

The popular Docker-OSX project has been removed from Docker Hub after Apple filed a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request, alleging that it violated its copyright. [...]