CSOonline

Hacker group compromises MSSQL servers to deploy FreeWorld ransomware

Poorly secured Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) servers have become a favorite target for many groups of attackers including ransomware gangs. In a recent attack campaign dubbed DB#JAMMER hackers used ...
ZDNet

A crypto-mining botnet has been hijacking MSSQL servers for almost two years

Since May 2018, a malware botnet has been launching brute-force attacks against Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) databases to take over admin accounts and then install cryptocurrency mining scripts on the ...
Dark Reading

MSSQL Databases Under Fire From FreeWorld Ransomware

A cyberattack campaign has been discovered compromising exposed Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) databases, using brute-force attacks to deliver ransomware and Cobalt Strike payloads. According to an ...
Dark Reading

Turkish Cyber Threat Targets MSSQL Servers With Mimic Ransomware

A sophisticated attack campaign codenamed RE#TURGENCE by researchers has been discovered infiltrating Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) database servers across the United States, European Union, and Latin America ...
ZDNet

New MrbMiner malware has infected thousands of MSSQL databases

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