Rust-Based P2PInfect Botnet Evolves with Miner and Ransomware Payloads

The peer-to-peer malware botnet known as P2PInfect has been found targeting misconfigured Redis servers with ransomware and cryptocurrency miners. The development marks the threat's transition from what appeared to be a dormant botnet with unclear motives to a financially motivated operation. "Wi...

P2Pinfect Botnet Now Targets Servers with Ransomware, Cryptominer

The P2Pinfect botnet, once dormant, is now attacking servers with ransomware and cryptomining malware. Patch your systems to avoid data encryption and financial loss...

NoaBot: Latest Mirai-Based Botnet Targeting SSH Servers for Crypto Mining

A new Mirai-based botnet called NoaBot is being used by threat actors as part of a crypto mining campaign since the beginning of 2023. "The capabilities of the new botnet, NoaBot, include a wormable self-spreader and an SSH key backdoor to download and execute additional binaries or spread itself...

New P2PInfect Botnet MIPS Variant Targeting Routers and IoT Devices

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an emerging botnet called P2PInfect that's capable of targeting routers and IoT devices. The latest version, per Cado Security Labs, is compiled for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages MIPS architecture, broadening its...

Researchers Raise Red Flag on P2PInfect Malware with 600x Activity Surge

The peer-to-peer P2 worm known as P2PInfect has witnessed a surge in activity since late August 2023, witnessing a 600x jump between September 12 and 19, 2023. "This increase in P2PInfect traffic has coincided with a growing number of variants seen in the wild, suggesting that the malware's...

New P2PInfect Worm Targets Redis Servers with Undocumented Breach Methods

The P2PInfect peer-to-peer P2 worm has been observed employing previously undocumented initial access methods to breach susceptible Redis servers and rope them into a botnet. "The malware compromises exposed instances of the Redis data store by exploiting the replication feature," Cado Security...

A New Cross-Platform ‘P2PInfect’ Worm Threatening Cloud Environments

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary P2PInfect, a new cross-platform worm written in Rust, targets vulnerable Redis instances in cloud environments via the CVE-2022-0543 vulnerability, potentially posing a significant threat to over 307,000...

P2PInfect: Self-Replicating Worm Hits Redis Instances

By Waqas Known as 'P2PInfect,' the worm exploits a critical vulnerability to infiltrate Redis instances and assimilates them into a larger P2P network, enabling it to spread rapidly. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: P2PInfect: Self-Replicating Worm Hits Redis Instances...

New P2PInfect Worm Targeting Redis Servers on Linux and Windows Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cloud targeting, peer-to-peer P2P worm called P2PInfect that targets vulnerable Redis instances for follow-on exploitation. "P2PInfect exploits Redis servers running on both Linux and Windows Operating Systems making it more scalable and potent than...

PT-2022-1643

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Redis versions prior to the fixed version Debian-specific Redis Server affected versions not specified Description A Lua sandbox escape vulnerability in Redis could result in remote code execution. The issue is related to a packaging problem a...