New worm turns Windows, Linux servers into Monero minershegt/he

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 1, 2021 12:42 AM EDT
bleepingcomputer.com; By Sergiu Gatlan
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A newly discovered and self-spreading Golang-based malware has been actively dropping XMRig cryptocurrency miners on Windows and Linux servers since early December. This multi-platform malware also has worm capabilities that allow it to spread to other systems by brute-forcing public-facing services (i.e., MySQL, Tomcat, Jenkins and WebLogic) with weak passwords as revealed by Intezer security researcher Avigayil Mechtinger.

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