February 2018

Cache utility memcached is being exploited

Do you have any internet-facing devices running memcached? Security experts warn that systems exposed to the internet and running memcached on port 11211 UDP and TCP are being exploited in a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) reflection attack.

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Oracle vulnerability exploited to deliver dual Monero miners

Trend Micro security researchers have spotted an Oracle vulnerability that is being abused to deliver dual Monero miner malware. The Oracle WebLogic WLS-WSAT vulnerability (CVE-2017-10271) allows remote code execution and was patched by Oracle back in October.

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