A strain of malware has been exploiting misconfigurations on Linux servers since 2021 and has been found to be quite challenging to remove. The malware has been dubbed perfctl and, as you might expect, mines cryptocurrency.
Source: Linux Magazine
Thousands of Linux Servers Infected with Stealth Malware Since 2021
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