Monero-mining botnet targets orgs through recent MS Exchange vulnerabilities

The recent Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities might have initially been exploited by a government-backed APT group, but cybercriminals soon followed suit, using them to deliver ransomware and grow their botnet. One perpetrator of the latter activities is Prometei, a cross-platform (Windows, Linux), modular Monero-mining botnet that seems to have flown under the radar for years. The attackers’ modus operandi Cybereason incident responders have witnessed instances of the botnet enslaving endpoints of companies across the globe, … More ? The post Monero-mining botnet targets orgs through recent MS Exchange vulnerabilities appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Monero-mining botnet targets orgs through recent MS Exchange vulnerabilities