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Over a thousand Redis servers hijacked to mine crypto

Posted on February 9, 2023August 27, 2023 By bot

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More than a thousand Redis servers were infected by custom-built malware called HeadCrab, researchers have reported. The malware made the endpoints (opens in new tab) mine Monero, a privacy-oriented cryptocurrency, and a hacker favorite. Cybersecurity from Aqua Security’s Nautilus discovered a botnet spanning 1,200 Redis servers, which were infected in the last year and a half. The servers were located in the US, the UK, Germany, India, Malaysia, China, and other countries, and besides being Redis servers,
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