Crypto miners, Tor obfuscation, and exposed Docker APIs — how misconfigurations are quietly draining your cloud.
Threat actors are exploiting exposed Docker APIs to hijack cloud environments for cryptomining, using Tor for anonymity and deploying XMRig miners via a custom dropper script. Trend Micro researchers observed attackers mounting the host system through Docker containers, hiding command-and-control via Tor, and executing a shell script from a hidden .onion server. The attack also uses zstd compression for optimized miner performance. To protect against such attacks, experts recommend locking down APIs, using trusted images, disabling root containers, and conducting regular security audits.
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