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Crooks hacked Microsoft servers to mine Monero, they earned $63K in 3 months

Security Affairsby @securityaffairs ()2 min read2 · 1 read
Analyze CVE-2017-7269 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2017-7269
Buffer Overflow in Microsoft IIS 6.0 via WebDAV PROPFIND Header
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Experts from security firm ESET discovered cyber criminals exploiting Microsoft Servers to mine Monero and already earned $63,000 in 3 Months. Mining cryptocurrencies is a profitable business, but it is also expensive because it needs significant investment in computing power.

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