Security researchers have discovered an ongoing sophisticated botnet campaign that is currently brute-forcing more than 1.5 million publicly accessible Windows RDP servers on the Internet.Dubbed GoldBrute, the botnet scheme has been designed in a way to escalate gradually by adding every new cracked system to its network, forcing them to further find new available RDP servers … [Read more...] about New Brute-Force Botnet Targeting Over 1.5 Million RDP Servers Worldwide
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Hackers Infect 50,000 MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin Servers with Rootkit Malware
Cyber Security researchers at Guardicore Labs today published a detailed report on a widespread cryptojacking campaign attacking Windows MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin servers worldwide.Dubbed Nansh0u, the malicious campaign is reportedly being carried out by an APT-style Chinese hacking group who has already infected nearly 50,000 servers and are installing a sophisticated kernel-mode … [Read more...] about Hackers Infect 50,000 MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin Servers with Rootkit Malware
Baltimore City Shuts Down Most of Its Servers After Ransomware Attack
For the second time in just over a year, the city of Baltimore has been hit by a ransomware attack, affecting its computer network and forcing officials to shut down a majority of its computer servers as a precaution.Ransomware works by encryption files and locking them up so users can't access them. The attackers then demand a ransom amount, typically in Bitcoin digital … [Read more...] about Baltimore City Shuts Down Most of Its Servers After Ransomware Attack