[2016-02-14]Linux.Lady Trojan Turns Redis Servers to Mining Rigs

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Linux.Lady Trojan Turns Redis Servers to Mining Rigs

Linux machine users beware! There is a new Trojan in town that can turn your devices into cryptocurrency mining rigs without your knowledge. Discovered by the Russian cyber security firm Dr. Web, Linux.Lady (Linux.lady.1) is a Trojan built to target machines running on Linux operating system. The malicious software written in Go programming language is found to specifically affect servers running Redis NoSQL database. Once infected, Linux.Lady collects and transfers the information about the system to a command and control server...

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