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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. A big challenge security executives face is balancing speed vs. security. Teeming threat landscape Security leaders’ key priority is reducing exposures to the cyber risks they know are multiplying.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 436 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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

Security Affairs

Researchers from Cado Security observed a new Linux malware campaign targeting misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis instances. Cado Security Labs researchers discovered this campaign after detecting initial access activity on a Docker Engine API honeypot. ” reads the report from Cado Security.

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New Redis miner Migo uses novel system weakening techniques

Security Affairs

Caro Security researchers have observed a new malware campaign targeting Redis servers with a crypto miner dubbed Migo. One of the honeypots used by Cado was targeted by an attack originating from the IP 103[.]79[.]118[.]221 ” reads the report published by Cado Security. ” reads the report published by Cado Security.

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