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Botnet exploits weak passwords to breach crypto and blockchain servers

Cryptocurrency and blockchain project databases with weak credentials and AI-generated are being hacked through deployment ...
ZDNet

A crypto-mining botnet has been hijacking MSSQL servers for almost two years

Since May 2018, a malware botnet has been launching brute-force attacks against Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) databases to take over admin accounts and then install cryptocurrency mining scripts on the ...
Dark Reading

Sophisticated P2P Botnet Targeting SSH Servers

Researchers at Guardicore Labs have discovered a sophisticated peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet actively targeting SSH servers worldwide since at least January 2020. The botnet, dubbed FritzFrog, has been ...