New ShellBot DDoS Malware Variants Targeting Poorly Managed Linux Servers
Poorly managed Linux SSH servers are being targeted as part of a new campaign that deploys different variants of a malware called ShellBot.
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Poorly managed Linux SSH servers are being targeted as part of a new campaign that deploys different variants of a malware called ShellBot.
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A new variant of Mirai — the botnet malware used to launch massive DDoS attacks —has been targeting 13 vulnerabilities in IoT devices connected to Linux servers, according to researchers at Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 cybersecurity team.
Warnings of a major globe-spanning ransomware attack began circulating on social media in early February, but at first there were few details save for reports of the occasional victim. It has now been established that the campaign targeted an old (and previously patched) vulnerability in VMware servers, and that it has grown to become the largest attack of its type in history not involving Windows machines.
Businesses have been urged to patch the two-year-old vulnerability amidst heightened ransomware threats. "The group has accelerated operations in recent months, focusing attacks on US-based healthcare organisations and specifically targeting Linux systems more recently.
Royal Ransomware is the latest ransomware operation to add support for encrypting Linux devices to its most recent malware variants, specifically targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines.
This flaw, which has been identified that affects the ksmbd NTLMv2 authentication in the Linux kernel, is known to quickly cause the operating system on Linux-based computers to crash. Namjae Jeon is the developer of KSMBD, which is an open-source In-kernel CIFS/SMB3 server designed for the Linux Kernel.
A new cross-platform malware botnet named 'MCCrash' is infecting Windows, Linux, and IoT devices to conduct distributed denial of service attacks on Minecraft servers.
While Linux does have a variety of security features to help make it safer, it’s not impenetrable, which is why you need open-source tools to secure your Linux server.
Microsoft launched a preview of new server protection capabilities in its Defender for Business solution back in July. The company announced this week that this feature is now generally available to help small businesses protect Windows and Linux servers.