Cryptojacking Campaign Uses Five-Year-Old Vulnerability to Rake in Monero

Cryptojacking Campaign Uses Five-Year-Old Vulnerability to Rake in Monero

A nearly five-year-old vulnerability is reportedly being used to infect Linux servers with a crypto mining malware that’s allowing hackers to use them to mine privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero (XMR), according to US-based cybersecurity firm Trend Micro. Per the firm’s report, hackers are taking advantage of a vulnerability found in the Network Weathermap plugin for Cacti. … Continued

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