New HeadCrab Malware Hijacks 1,200 Redis Servers

Since September 2021, over a thousand vulnerable Redis servers online have been infected by a stealthy malware dubbed “HeadCrab”, designed to build a botnet that mines Monero cryptocurrency. At least 1,200 servers have been infected by the HeadCrab malware, which was first discovered by Aqua Security researchers Nitzan Yaakov and Asaf Eitani. This advanced threat […]

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