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A vulnerable honeypot exposed online can be compromised in 24 hours

Security Affairs

Researchers deployed multiple instances of vulnerable systems and found that 80% of the 320 honeypots were compromised within 24 hours. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks deployed a honeypot infrastructure of 320 nodes to analyze how three actors target exposed services in public clouds.

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8220 Gang Cloud Botnet infected 30,000 host globally

Security Affairs

The crimeware group known as 8220 Gang expanded over the last month their Cloud Botnet to roughly 30,000 hosts globally. . Researchers from SentinelOne reported that low-skill crimeware 8220 Gang has expanded their Cloud Botnet over the last month to roughly 30,000 hosts globally. . ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Pro-Ukraine attackers compromise Docker images to launch DDoS attacks on Russian sites

Security Affairs

The attacks were monitored by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, who discovered that the Docker Engine honeypots deployed between February 27 and March 1 were compromised and used in the DDoS attacks. “Container and cloud-based resources are being abused to deploy disruptive tools. ” reported Crowdstrike.

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Pro-Ukraine Groups Exploit Containers to Launch DoS Attacks

Data Breach Today

Unsuspecting Hosts Are Potential Targets for Retaliation Containers and cloud-based resources are being used to launch DoS attacks against Russian, Belarusian and Lithuanian websites. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike's researchers say that through their Docker Engine honeypots, they observed two different Docker images targeting these assets.

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Linux Malware targets misconfigured misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis servers

Security Affairs

The shell script payloads employed in these attacks bear resemblance to those used in prior cloud attacks, including those attributed to TeamTNT , WatchDog, operators behind the Kiss a Dog campaign. Cado Security Labs researchers discovered this campaign after detecting initial access activity on a Docker Engine API honeypot.

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MY TAKE: Why speedy innovation requires much improved cyber hygiene, cloud security

The Last Watchdog

Organizations are increasingly outsourcing IT workloads to cloud service providers and looking to leverage IoT systems. These containers can be spun up by the hundreds, in a moment’s notice, on a virtual cloud server — and then taken down just as swiftly. Speed is what digital transformation is all about.

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New Redis miner Migo uses novel system weakening techniques

Security Affairs

One of the honeypots used by Cado was targeted by an attack originating from the IP 103[.]79[.]118[.]221 The researchers initially discovered that new ‘Redis system weakening commands’ have been used in attacks in the wild, and then they noticed that these commands were used in a recent malware campaign aimed at Redis systems.

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