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Cyber campaign installing cryptominers and RATs on Microsoft SQL servers uncovered by security researchers

02 April 2020 • 2 min read

Hackers are infecting nearly 3,000 MS-SQL servers on a daily basis

Researchers at cyber security firm Guardicore Labs have uncovered a new attack campaign specifically targeting Microsoft SQL (MS-SQL) servers in efforts to install remote access Trojans (RATs) and ...

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