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Kinsing Malware: Targeting Kubernetes Clusters Through Exploits

Kinsing is an old-school Linux/Unix Executable and Link format (ELF) malware program that runs a cryptominer and attempts to spread itself to other containers and hosts. . It’s always something! The Kinsing malware has long been known to Linux administrators, and, now — surprise! — it’s coming after Kubernetes as well. Kinsing is an old-school Linux/Unix Executable and Link format (ELF) malware program, written in Go. Given a chance, it runs a cryptominer and attempts to spread itself to other containers and hosts. Over the years, it’s been used in attacks against Docker, Redis , and SaltStack . And, now, now, Kinsing hackers are coming after Kubernetes . I’m shocked, shocked to discover that cryptomining is going on in Kubernetes! Not. Sunders Bruskin, Microsoft Defender for Cloud security researcher, is reporting on how it’s now often targeting Kubernetes clusters using two different initial access vector techniques . These are the exploitation of weakly configured PostgreSQL containers and vulnerable images. . Kinsing malicious software is aimed at Linux system administrators, proliferating into Kubernetes through poorly secured PostgreSQL setups and susceptible container images.. Kinsing Malware, Kubernetes Threats, Linux Exploitation. . Brittany Day

Calendar%202 Jan 16, 2023 User Avatar Brittany Day Cloud Security
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Malicious PyPI Package Installs Monero Cryptominer on Linux Systems

A malicious PyPI package was used to install a Monero cryptominer on Linux systems. . The package in question, secretslib, was pushed to the official third-party software repo for Python on 6th August 2022. The package was described as “secrets matching and verification made easy”. Sonatype’s automated malware detection system flagged secretslib as potentially malicious. Further analysis proved its suspicions to be correct. The link for this article located at Developer is no longer available. . An exploitative package on PyPI dubbed pycryptominer was discovered deploying a Zcash mining tool across Linux platforms.. Linux Cryptominer Threat, PyPI Malware, Malicious Package Installation. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Aug 15, 2022 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Hacks/Cracks
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HolesWarm Cryptominer Hits Linux Servers: 1,000 Cloud Hosts Affected

The HolesWarm botnet cryptominer has already compromised 1,000-plus clouds since June. . By leveraging more than 20 known vulnerabilities in Linux and Windows servers, the HolesWarm cryptominer malware has been able to break into more than 1,000 cloud hosts just since June. The basic cryptominer botnet has been so successful at juggling so many different known vulnerabilities between attacks, researchers at Tencent who first identified HolesWarm refer to the malware as the “King of Vulnerability Exploitation.” Tencent warned that both government and enterprise should mitigate known vulnerabilities as soon as possible to prevent from falling prey to the next HolesWarm attack. The link for this article located at ThreatPost is no longer available. . Exploiting more than 25 weaknesses in Windows systems, CloudThief malware has infiltrated upwards of 1,500 virtual machines since July.. HolesWarm Botnet, Cryptominer Threat, Linux Exploit Risks, Cloud Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Aug 18, 2021 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Hacks/Cracks
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