Microsoft IIS servers hacked by Blue Mockingbird to mine Monero

This month news broke about a hacker group, namely Blue Mockingbird, exploiting a critical vulnerability in Microsoft IIS servers to plant Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency miners on compromised machines.

According to the security firm Red Canary, the estimated number of infections is thought to have surpassed 1,000.

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