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Cryptojacking attack on cloud workloads uses fileless Python malware

July 12, 2023

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With increased deployment of security solutions on cloud infrastructure, hackers have started adopting detection evasion tactics from Windows desktop computers to cloud environments. One such tactic is the use of fileless payloads that never create files on disk and are loaded directly into the system’s memory where some monitoring solutions don’t look.

“We have recently detected a new fileless attack targeting cloud workloads,” researchers from cloud security company Wiz said in a new report.

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