Abcbot botnet is linked to Xanthe cryptojacking group

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Charlie Osborne is a cybersecurity journalist and photographer who writes for ZDNet and CNET from London. PGP Key: AF40821B.

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Posted in Zero Day

on January 10, 2022

| Topic: Security

Researchers have forged a “clear” link between the Abcbot botnet and a well-established cryptojacking cybercriminal group.

First discovered In July 2021 by Netlab 360, the Abcbot botnet began as a simple scanner that used basic credential stuffing attacks and known vulnerability exploits to compromise vulnerable Linux systems. 

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