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New ZHtrap botnet uses honeypot to find more victims

Security Affairs

Netlab 360 experts discovered a new Mirai-based botnet dubbed ZHtrap that implements honeypot to find more victims. Researchers from Netlab 360 discovered a new Mirai-based botnet dubbed ZHtrap that implements honeypot to find more victims. ” If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.

Krebs on Security

Security experts say this same tourist dynamic is a dead giveaway in virtually all computer intrusions that lead to devastating attacks like data theft and ransomware, and that more organizations should set simple virtual tripwires that sound the alarm when authorized users and devices are spotted exhibiting this behavior.

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Linux Malware targets misconfigured misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis servers

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Researchers from Cado Security observed a new Linux malware campaign targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis instances. Once attackers gained initial access to a system, they used a series of shell scripts and employed Linux attack techniques to drop and execute a cryptocurrency miner.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 342

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 342 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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No, I Did Not Hack Your MS Exchange Server

Krebs on Security

The Shadowserver Foundation , a nonprofit that helps network owners identify and fix security threats , says it has found 21,248 different Exchange servers which appear to be compromised by a backdoor and communicating with brian[.]krebsonsecurity[.]top Just my Social Security number. krebsonsecurity[.]top I’d been doxed via DNS.

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Hackers are scanning the web for vulnerable Citrix systems

Security Affairs

Some of the addressed flaws could be exploited only if the attackers have access to the targeted system and request user interaction, or other conditions must be verified. “As of today, my F5 honeypot is getting hit by attempts to exploit two of the Citrix vulnerabilities disclosed this week.” Citrix CISO, Fermin J.

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New Go malware Capoae uses multiple flaws to target WordPress installs, Linux systems

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The researchers discovered the threat after a sample of the malware targeted one Akamai honeypot. The attackers dropped a PHP malware sample through a backdoor linked to a WordPress plugin called Download-monitor, which was installed after the honeypot was accessed. and suspicious access log entries, etc.