Linux servers running Hadoop targeted by variation of Mirai malware

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First sighting of Mirai malware targeting enterprise systems

A new variant of Mirai has been spotted in the wild, not targeting devices like CCTV systems, but enterprise Linux servers running Hadoop.  Mirai was devised specifically to take advantage of ch...

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