Researchers Track Linux Intrusions to Cryptojacking Gang

Article by Jack M. Germain. TechNewsWorld – July 29, 2021.

Bitdefender security researchers have uncovered a Romanian-based threat group active since at least last year targeting Linux-based machines with weak Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) credentials.

The researchers discovered the group was deploying Monero mining malware used to steal cryptocurrency. That malware also allows other kinds of attacks, according to Christoph Hebeisen, director of security intelligence research at Lookout, an endpoint-to-cloud security company, who is not associated with the Bitdefender report. […]

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