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Cybercrooks Target Docker Containers With Novel Pageview Generator

Cybercriminals are targeting vulnerable Docker services to deploy the XMRig cryptominer and 9hits Traffic Exchange. 9hits is a tool that generates artificial page views for websites and is used to inflate visitor engagement numbers on websites. Researchers at Cado Security are investigating a recent campaign, noting that once the tool visits a site, it awards the session owner a credit that can be converted into web traffic and potentially monetised.

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