Abcbot Botnet Linked to Operators of Xanthe Cryptomining malware

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Abcbot's code and feature-level similarities to that of a cryptocurrency mining operation dubbed Xanthe that exploited incorrectly-configured Docker implementations to propagate the infection. The same threat actor is responsible for the mining operation and is shifting its objective from mining cryptocurrency on compromised hosts to activities more traditionally associated with botnets, such as DDoS attacks, Cado Security's Matt Muir said in a report shared with The Hacker News. The code is similar to a similar version of an earlier version found in October 2021 hitting vulnerable ECS instances inside Huawei Cloud.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2022/01/abcbot...f.html?m=1

 

                                                      
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