Threat actorhigh
Traffic manipulation and cryptocurrency mining campaign compromised 40,000+ machines
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-7482 | The K2 component 2.8.0 for Joomla! has Incorrect Access Control with directory traversal, allowing an attacker to download arbitrary files, as demonstrated by… | 7.5 | 2% |
From the original article
2 min read at helpnetsecurity.com
Unknown attackers have compromised 40,000+ servers, networking and IoT devices around the world and are using them to mine Monero and redirect traffic to websites hosting tech support scams , malicious browser extensions, and so on.
By @zeljkazorz · helpnetsecurity.com
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