Linux Trojan XorDdos Attacks Surge, Targeting Cloud, IoT
23-May-22
According to a new analysis, cybercriminals’ use of the Linux Trojan known as XorDdos is on the rise, with a 254 percent increase in malicious activity against Linux endpoints using the virus in the last six months.
The XorDdos Trojan was initially detected in 2014, and according to a new blog post by the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team, it targets Linux cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints and deploys botnets to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) assaults. Read More…
