After scanning 72,000 publicly available Redis (REmote DIctionary Server) servers with attack keys garnered through honeypot traffic, Imperva today reported that 75% of the publicly available Redis servers were hosting the attacks registered in the honeypot. . Three-quarters of the servers contained malicious values, which Imperva said is an indication of infection, and more than two-thirds of the open Redis servers contained malicious keys. The honeypot data also revealed that those infected servers with "backup" keys were attacked from a medium-sized botnet (610 IPs) with 86% of the IPs located in China. The link for this article located at InfoSecurity is no longer available. . A significant portion of examined Redis servers revealed harmful malware, highlighting critical vulnerabilities within public infrastructures.. Redis Malware Attack, Server Security Risks, Botnet Attack Awareness. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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