Be Cautious when Using Linux Servers
Customers need to be more cautious when using Linux servers because of the recent increase in online business scams. It is advised to watch out for cryptomining malware, which are software programs and malware components that use your server without your permisison for cryptocurrency scams. Which allows hackers to profit off you, and slow down your computer. The malware gets pushed out by thousands of compromised computers that are looking for holes in your web applications such as, the Drupal content management system and the Confluence collaboration software. Furthermore, the malware also tries to compromise your systems that are running in your Redis databases. Recently, the city of Griffin, Georgia was caught in a business email scam of a loss of $800,000 that was caused by an cryptocurrency scam. Which was most probably caused by a suppliers email being hacked.
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