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2019-09-18 06:00:00 (vue: 2019-09-18 16:00:06) |
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Secrets of latest Smominru botnet variant revealed in new attack |
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The latest iteration of Smominru, a cryptomining botnet with worming capabilities, has compromised over 4,900 enterprise networks worldwide in August. The majority of the affected machines were small servers and were running Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7.
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Smominru is a botnet that dates back to 2017 and its variants have also been known under other names, including Hexmen and Mykings. It is known for the large number of payloads that it delivers, including credential theft scripts, backdoors, Trojans and a cryptocurrency miner. |
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