Perfctl malware strikes again as crypto-crooks target Docker Remote API servers

An unknown attacker is abusing exposed Docker Remote API servers to deploy perfctl cryptomining malware on victims' systems, according to Trend Micro researchers. Sunil Bharti, a senior threat researcher at Trend Micro, told The Register that his team's honeypots trapped two such attempts after would-be crooks deployed perfctl …

[Guy de Loimbard]

Patch? Why do I need to do that anytime soon??

How come this is still a thing?

Seriously, I thought this would be a rhetorical post, but I can't get my head around the fact that some IT Team just don't take patching seriously.

I mean, it's really not hard to do triage on things like this.

If it's internet facing, well FFS, get it patched ASAP!