Perfctl malware strikes again as crypto-crooks target Docker Remote API servers

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Attacks on unprotected servers reach 'critical level'

An unknown attacker is abusing exposed Docker Remote API servers to deploy perfctl cryptomining malware on victims' systems, according to Trend Micro researchers.that his team's honeypots trapped two such attempts after would-be crooks deployed perfctl.

"As a result, the container's processes will be able to see and interact with all the processes running on the host system in the same way as all running processes, as if they were running directly on the host."Biz hired, and fired, a fake North Korean IT worker – then the ransom demands beganto escape the container.

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