BlueKeep Scanner Discovered in Watchbog Cryptomining Malware

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A new Watchbog malware variant can scan for Windows computers vulnerable to BlueKeep exploits, with previous variants only being utilized to infect Linux servers compromised using Jira, Exim, Nexus Repository Manager 3, ThinkPHP, and Solr Linux exploits.

"Among the new Linux exploits, this version of WatchBog implements a BlueKeep RDP protocol vulnerability scanner module, which suggests that WatchBog is preparing a list of vulnerable systems to target in the future or to sell to third party vendors for profit," Intezer Labs says.

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BlueKeep Scanner Discovered in Watchbog Cryptomining Malware

A new Watchbog malware variant can scan for Windows computers vulnerable to BlueKeep exploits, with previous variants only being utilized to infect Linux servers compromised using Jira, Exim, Nexus Repository Manager 3, ThinkPHP, and Solr Linux exploits.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

WatchBog: New BlueKeep Vulnerability Scanner & Linux Exploits - Intezer

Researchers have discovered a new version of WatchBog, a cryptocurrency-mining botnet operational since November 2018. It is estimated that 4,500 Linux machines have been infected by this new malware campaign since June 2019.

www.intezer.com