Attackers are increasingly targeting vulnerable cloud infrastructure to exploit it for covert cryptojacking or to deliver ransomware, Securonix researchers warn. Some attacks are fairly trivial, but others are multi-vector/multi-platform threats where multiple functionalities are combined as part of the same malicious threat (e.g., XBash, which combines cryptomining, ransomware and botnet/worm activity). The way in The attacks are automated and probe the infrastructure and cloud services for vulnerabilities and/or weak or default login credentials. Among the … More ? The post Vulnerable cloud infrastructure experiencing increasing attacks appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Vulnerable cloud infrastructure experiencing increasing attacks