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CoinMiner Campaigns Move to the Cloud via Docker, Kubernetes

March 22nd, 2018 By Catalin Cimpanu

 

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After becoming a scourge inside browsers, on desktops, and on servers, cryptocurrency-mining malware is now invading the cloud, and it appears to be quite successful.

 

Several reports during the past month suggest malware authors are now actively looking to gain access to Docker and Kubernetes systems, two types of applications that are the basic building blocks of many of today’s cloud computing services.

 

The role of these two tools is to help developers roll out containerized/virtualized apps or even entire server setups whenever a company’s infrastructure needs more processing power to handle traffic spikes or extra computing tasks.

 

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