Hackers mined $90,000 worth of Monero with a simple Docker Hub trick
A series of malicious cryptojacking files that were stored on Docker Hub, a code repository site, have been downloaded more than 5 million times over the last year, helping a hacker infect countless computers that were used to mine about $90,000 worth of Monero, according to research from cybersecurity company Kromtech. Monero is a popular cryptocurrency that’s become known for its usage among cyber criminals. In a blog post published Tuesday, Kromtech discussed how the boobytrapped files had remained on Docker Hub for so long despite being noticed and reported multiple times. Docker Hub is a repository site for containerized applications. Kromtech describes these containers as a “way of packaging software.” They are also referred to as images, container images or Docker images. “You can think of running a container like running a virtual machine, without the overhead of spinning up an entire operating system,” Kromtech explains. Kromtech lists tweets and […]
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