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Title: Kinsing Hackers Exploit Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability to Deploy Linux Rootkits
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Kinsing Hackers Exploit Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability to Deploy Linux Rootkits

The Kinsing threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in vulnerable Apache ActiveMQ servers to infect Linux systems with cryptocurrency miners and rootkits.
"Once Kinsing infects a system, it deploys a cryptocurrency mining script that exploits the host's resources to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, resulting in significant damage to the infrastructure and a

Source: Kinsing Hackers Exploit Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability to Deploy Linux Rootkits (https://thehackernews.com/2023/11/kinsing-hackers-exploit-apache-activemq.html)