Tencent Threat Data: Trojan Botnets for Active Mining in August

, the Tencent Security Threat Intelligence Center reported in the September 4 article, data shows that in August 2020, the work of families with malignant disease reported an increase. , via their mining Trojans, botnets and remote-controlled Trojans have opened up. In August, mining Trojan horse attacks on Linux systems continued to weigh heavily. The Monero mining trojan spread by the Muhstik botnet earlier this month increased the spread of the mining trojan by infecting thousands of Linux servers. By removing weak SQL Server password, Trojan reinstalls Windows system backdoor account to crack and monitor operating system. When the user starts the "Task Manager" process to view the system, it immediately executes and deletes data associated with enhanced protection against mining operations.