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The FreakOut botnet is targeting Linux-based systems that include the TerraMaster operating system, which manages TerraMaster network-attached storage servers; the Zend framework, designed to build web application services using PHP; and Liferay Portal, a web application platform that enables users to create portals and websites. Each of these open-source systems has a vulnerability that the FreakOut botnet attempts to exploit, the researchers say. In the TerraMaster OS, the remote code execution flaw is tracked as CVE-2020-28188. The Zend framework deserialization bug is listed as CVE-2021-3...

A view of how the PGMiner botnet works to infect database servers (Source: Palo Alto Networks) Researchers with Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 are tracking a relatively new cryptomining botnet called "PGMiner," which is targeting vulnerable PostgreSQL database servers to illegally mine for monero. PostgreSQL is one of the most-used open-source relational database management systems for production environments. The Unit 42 report says this might be the first time a botnet has targeted this type of database to mine for cryptocurrency. "We named the cryptocurrency mining botnet 'PGMiner' after its ...