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Hackers Infect 50,000 MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin Servers with Rootkit Malware

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Cyber Security researchers at Guardicore Labs today published a detailed report on a widespread cryptojacking campaign attacking Windows MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin servers worldwide.

Dubbed Nansh0u, the malicious campaign is reportedly being carried out by… Continue reading Hackers Infect 50,000 MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin Servers with Rootkit Malware→

3 New CIA-developed Hacking Tools For MacOS & Linux Exposed

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WikiLeaks has just published a new set of classified documents linked to another CIA project, dubbed ‘Imperial,’ which reveals details of at least three CIA-developed hacking tools and implants designed to target computers running Apple Mac OS X and di… Continue reading 3 New CIA-developed Hacking Tools For MacOS & Linux Exposed→

BEURK – Linux Userland Preload Rootkit

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BEURK is an userland preload rootkit for GNU/Linux, heavily focused around anti-debugging and anti-detection. Being a userland rootkit it gives limited privileges (whatever the user has basically) vs a superuser or root level rootkit. Features Hide att… Continue reading BEURK – Linux Userland Preload Rootkit→