[Trend]Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet Arrives Through ADB and Spreads Through SSH

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Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet Arrives Through ADB and Spreads Through SSH

We observed a new cryptocurrency mining botnet that arrives via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and can spread via SSH. This attack takes advantage of the way open ADB ports don’t have authentication by default, similar to the Satori botnet variant we previously reported. This botnet’s design allows it to spread from the infected host to any system that has had a previous SSH connection with the host.

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