Ongoing ‘FreakOut’ malware attack turns Linux devices into IRC botnet

By Sudais Asif According to Checkpoint, the "FreakOut" malware attack is exploiting "newest vulnerabilities." Here's a full list of its capabilities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ongoing FreakOut malware attack turns Linux devices into IRC botnet...

FreakOut! Ongoing Botnet Attack Exploiting Recent Linux Vulnerabilities

An ongoing malware campaign has been found exploiting recently disclosed vulnerabilities in network-attached storage NAS devices running on Linux systems to co-opt the machines into an IRC botnet for launching distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks and mining Monero cryptocurrency. The attack...