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Unsecured Microsoft SQL, MySQL servers hit by Gh0stCringe malware

Hackers target poorly secured Microsoft SQL and MySQL database servers to deploy the Gh0stCringe remote access trojans on vulnerable devices. Gh0stCringe, aka CirenegRAT, is a variant of Gh0st RAT ...
Bleeping Computer

MySQL servers targeted by 'Ddostf' DDoS-as-a-Service botnet

MySQL servers are being targeted by the 'Ddostf' malware botnet to enslave them for a DDoS-as-a-Service platform whose firepower is rented to other cybercriminals. This campaign was discovered by ...
Computerworld

Hackers infect MySQL servers with malware for DDoS attacks

Hackers are exploiting SQL injection flaws to infect MySQL database servers with a malware program that’s used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Security researchers from ...
Computing

MySQL database servers hit by SQL injection exploit - widespread DDoS risk could follow

A Trojan named Chikdos has begun infecting MySQL servers by taking advantage of a SQL injection exploit, with the potential to launch a widespread epidemic of DDoS attacks. As the second most popular ...