8220 Gang A Group With Botnet of 30,000 Hosts

21-Jul-22

In order to expand its botnet, the 8220 Gang cryptocurrency mining organisation has been abusing Linux and cloud app vulnerabilities. The gang has been successful in building a botnet with over 30,000 infected hosts.

The team has been managing the SSH brute forcing stage using a dedicated file since last month. It offers 450 hardcoded credentials for a variety of Linux devices and programmes. [Read More…](8220 Gang: A Group With Botnet of 30,000 Hosts | Cyware Alerts - Hacker News)