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A new Golang-based worm has been actively dropping XMRig cryptocurrency malware on Windows and Linux servers since early December, mining Monero
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: A new Golang-based worm has been actively dropping XMRig cryptocurrency malware on Windows and Linux servers since early December, mining Monero — A newly discovered and self-spreading Golang-based malware has been actively dropping XMRig cryptocurrency miners on Windows and Linux servers since early December. A new Golang-based worm has been actively dropping…
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New worm turns Windows, Linux servers into Monero miners
Self-spreading Golang-based malware has been actively sending XMRig crypto miners to Windows as well as Linux servers since December 1st. The multi-platform malware also comes with the ability to worm and allow it to infect other systems by forcing services that are public (i.e., MySQL, Tomcat, Jenkins, and WebLogic) to use weak passwords, as discovered…