This Linux Botnet Has Found A Novel Way Of Spreading To New Devices
The Panchan P2P botnet was discovered by researchers at Akamai in March and the company is now warning it could be taking advantage of collaboration between academic institutions to spread by causing previously stolen SSH authentication keys to be shared across networks. But rather than stealing intellectual property from these educational institutions, the Panchan botnet is using their Linux servers to mine cryptocurrency, according to Akamai. SEE: Don’t let your cloud cybersecurity choices leave the door open for hackers Using other people’s hardware to mine cryptocurrency might not be as lucrative as it once was due to the crypto crash currently underway but Panchan’s mining rig costs nothing for the troublemakers who use it....