Lucifer botnet now infecting Linux-based systems
The Lucifer malware infects machines and forms a botnet to mine cryptocurrency

Cyber criminals have updated Lucifer DDoS botnet to infect Linux-based systems
Lucifer, a botnet using infected Windows devices to mine cryptocurrency, is now affecting Linux-based systems as well. That's according to the researchers from Netscout's ATLAS Security Engineering...
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