Malware Turns Servers into Cryptocurrency Mining Engines
A malware called Linux.Lady targets Redis servers that have been placed online without passwords and launches a cryptocurrency mining software, according to hackread.com. According to Dr. Web, a Russian software retailer, Linux.Lady uses Google’s Go programming language and targets Redis servers that lack passwords from systems administrators. Dr. Web claims the malware can collect information about an infected computer and send it to the C&C server, download it and launch a cryptocurrency mining utility, then attack more computers on the network. Turning Linux into Crypto Miners. The....
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