Hindustan Times15h
Rivals, pirates, malware: Whispers of threats from the future
Earlier this year, a 38-year-old named Andres Freund, a software engineer with Microsoft, found unknown code sitting within a ...
Perfectl: Linux malware lets servers secretly perform cryptomining and more
Sophisticated malware is infecting masses of Linux servers with incorrect configurations. This remained undetected for a long ...
SecurityWeek4d
Stealthy ‘Perfctl’ Malware Infects Thousands of Linux Servers
The perfctl malware has been targeting vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in millions of Linux systems, likely infecting ...
The Register on MSN5d
'Critical' CUPS vulnerability chain easy to use for massive DDoS attacks
Also, rooting for Russian cybercriminals, a new DDoS record, sneaky Linux server malware and more Infosec In Brief  The ...
CSOonline5d
How ‘perfctl’ malware infected Linux servers undetected for years
Exploiting a catalog of 20,000 misconfigurations to infect Linux servers, the cryptomining malware has gone largely ...
Stealthy Malware Has Infected Thousands of Linux Systems for Years
Thousands of machines running Linux have been infected by a malware strain that’s notable for its stealth, the number of ...
Security experts claim new 'Perfctl' malware could pose a risk to any Linux server
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Hackaday8d
This Week In Security: Zimbra, DNS Poisoning, And Perfctl
Up first this week is a warning for the few of us still brave enough to host our own email servers. If you’re running Zimbra, ...
Linux systems are being hit by a wide-ranging and dangerous new malware
Linux systems are being targeted by a dangerous new malware that can serve as a loader, a proxy, and a cryptocurrency miner.
Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021
Thousands of machines running Linux have been infected by a malware strain that’s notable for its stealth, the number of ...
The Hacker News9d
New Perfctl Malware Targets Linux Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining and Proxyjacking
Linux servers are the target of an ongoing campaign that delivers a stealthy malware dubbed perfctl with the primary aim of ...
Linux malware “perfctl” behind years-long cryptomining campaign
A Linux malware named "perfctl" has been targeting Linux servers and workstations for at least three years, remaining largely ...