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Researchers at Zscaler who recently analyzed the threat described DreamBus as a modular piece of malware targeting Linux applications running on hardware systems with powerful CPUs and large amounts of memory. The DreamBus botnet that has been assembled from systems the malware has compromised is currently being used to deploy the XMRig CPU miner to mine Monero cryptocurrency. But the same malware can be easily repurposed to deliver other more dangerous payloads, such as ransomware and malware, for stealing and holding data at ransom, says Brett Stone-Gross, director of threat intelligence at...

Linux-based machines are no longer considered a major deterrent for cybercriminal groups, who are embracing the operating system as a target.(Solo se puede ser libre Cuándo no se tiene nada que perder/phylevn/CC BY 2.0) Linux-based machines are no longer considered a major deterrent for cybercriminal groups, who are embracing the operating system as a target. This is particularly true when workplaces leverage the cloud to deploy Linux-based containerization technology. Case in point: researchers are warning that several cyber gangs have started infecting Linux machines via a fileless malwa...