"FritzFrog Botnet Exploits Log4Shell, PwnKit Vulnerabilities"
"FritzFrog Botnet Exploits Log4Shell, PwnKit Vulnerabilities"
The FritzFrog cryptocurrency mining botnet is growing as a recently analyzed variant exploits the Log4Shell and PwnKit vulnerabilities for lateral movement and privilege escalation. The FritzFrog botnet, discovered in August 2020, is a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) botnet run by Golang-based malware. It targets SSH servers by brute-forcing login credentials and has successfully compromised thousands of them.