Cybereason Discovers Global Botnet Campaign Leveraging Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities
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The Prometei Botnet impacts many industries globally; Victims are random, making the cryptomining botnet more dangerous and widespread
“The Prometei Botnet poses a big risk for companies because when the attackers take control of infected machines, they are capable of mining bitcoin by stealing processing power and also exfiltrating sensitive information,” said Assaf Dahan, senior director and head of threat research, Cybereason.
BOSTON (PRWEB)
April 22, 2021
Cybereason, the leader in future-ready attack protection, today announced the discovery of a widespread, global campaign seeking to propagate the stealthy Prometei Botnet, by targeting organizations with a multi-stage attack to steal processing power to mine bitcoin. The threat actors, who appear to be Russian speakers, are taking advantage of previously disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities leveraged in the Hafnium attacks to penetrate networks.