Awakened Botnet Nightmare: P2PInfect Unleashes Ransomware and Crypto Chaos on Redis Servers

Redis with dread? P2PInfect malware’s upped its game, mixing ransomware spice with a cryptominer kick—servers, brace for a not-so-fun ride! #BotnetShenanigans

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Well, look who's come out of hibernation! P2PInfect, our once-dormant cyber couch potato, has hit the digital gym hard and bulked up with some ransomware and cryptomining modules. Now it's flexing its newfound malware muscles on Redis servers, and it looks like it's trying to pay off its gym membership by mining Monero on the side. One can only hope it doesn't get too greedy and accidentally DDoS its own criminal gains with those beefy processor workouts.

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