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Threat activity increasing around Fortinet VPN vulnerability
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HeadCrab malware targets Redis to mine cryptocurrency
Aqua Security said the HeadCrab botnet has taken control of at least 1,200 servers via internet-facing instances of the opensource DBMS Redis and is using them for cryptomining.
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