Newly Discovered Cryptomining Malware Targets Exposed Docker Containers

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On December 1st, Cisco Talos announced a newly discovered XMR miner botnet they have called “Xanthe.” Xanthe’s actors are looking for misconfigured Docker containers with the Docker API exposed to take over and install their modified XMR miner. In this case, it started with a downloader to the primary payload running as a shell (xanthe.sh) […]

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