Postgres Instances hacked and used to mine crypto – Let us discuss how is that possible

Exposed Postgres instances are being ssh into and used as a botnet to mine bitcoin, in this video we explain how does that happens.

the trick is the COPY FROM PROGRAM command

https://www.zdnet.com/article/pgminer-botnet-attacks-weakly-secured-postgresql-databases/

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