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Hackers abuse SQL Server’s weak passwords to drop cryptominers and Gh0st RAT
Attackers are brute-forcing internet-facing Microsoft SQL Server instances and abusing T-SQL commands to deploy a Monero miner and remote access malware.
Summary
An active threat campaign is combining port scanning, password guessing, and Transact-SQL (T-SQL) commands to compromise exposed Microsoft SQL servers and deliver malware. The attackers are using predefined username and password lists to brute-force into these servers and exploit their administrative capabilities to execute commands on the underlying Windows systems.
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