Cryptominers Targeting Misconfigured Apache Hadoop and Flink with Rootkit in New Attacks
Cryptominers Targeting Misconfigured Apache Hadoop and Flink with Rootkit in New Attacks
12 January 2024
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new attack that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners within targeted environments.
"This attack is particularly intriguing due to the attacker's use of packers and rootkits to conceal the malware," Aqua security researchers Nitzan Yaakov and Assaf Morag said in an analysis published earlier