[ad_2][ad_1] According to a new report, a malicious botnet has been targeting Microsoft SQL database servers to mine cryptocurrency for two years. Guardicore Labs said Wednesday that in the past few weeks alone, hackers have managed to infect 2,000 to 3,000 servers per day. As reported by Hacker News, the …
Read More »Baidu employee jailed for Monero mining worth $ 14,000 on company servers
[ad_2][ad_1] An engineer from Baidu, the Chinese equivalent of Google, was jailed for mining Monero on about 200 of the company’s servers. According to a March 16 report by local media Abacus News, the employee eventually sold the Monero for about 100,000 yuan ($ 14,300). Large-scale crypto-jacking The senior engineer, …
Read More »Baidu employee jailed for cryptocurrency mining on 200 corporate servers
[ad_2][ad_1] Working for internet giant Baidu has provided too many temptations for one employee, who found himself in legal hot water for leveraging the company’s huge collection of servers to mine cryptocurrency. According to a report by China-focused news site Abacus on Monday, An Bang – a senior engineer working …
Read More »Data breaches caused by un-configured servers
[ad_1] The incorrectly configured server infrastructure is often considered one of the most significant causes of data breach within the IT industry. This phenomenon of human error is usually unintended, but can have catastrophic consequences with regard to the exposure of sensitive personal information and potentially damaging your company's reputation. …
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