New Linux Malware Campaign Targets Docker, Apache Hadoop, Redis, & Confluence 

Cado Security has revealed a newly encountered emerging malware campaign targeting misconfigured servers running the following web-facing services: Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Confluence, and Redis.

Notably, the new research depicts the exploitation of not just one but multiple services typically deployed in the cloud, deployment of Confluence, demonstrating a willingness to weaponize security research for nefarious purposes, and use of the Platypus reverse shell to maintain access to the host.

You can read the research here.

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