Androxgh0st Botnet’s Academic Invasion: A Comedy of Errors in Cybersecurity
CloudSEK’s latest findings reveal the Androxgh0st botnet is hitting academic institutions like UC San Diego, proving it’s smarter than a college student after finals. With its new tricks, including RCE and web shells, the botnet’s evolution is as surprising as a pop quiz. Stay ahead and protect your systems!
Hot Take:
Just when you thought it was safe to browse the web for cat memes, along comes the Androxgh0st botnet, creeping through the servers like a digital poltergeist. Who knew academic institutions could be so… haunted? Time to give those academic IT departments a crash course in ghostbusting!
Key Points:
- The Androxgh0st botnet has significantly evolved, expanding its attack methods by 50% in recent months.
- Academic institutions, including UC San Diego, have been targeted using misconfigured servers.
- The botnet exploits well-known vulnerabilities in frameworks like Apache Shiro and WordPress plugins.
- Remote Code Execution (RCE) and web shells are primary techniques used by the botnet to gain control.
- Organizations are advised to patch systems and restrict certain network protocols to mitigate the threat.
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