Crypto Malware

According to researchers on Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 team, a new malware strain, dubbed Hildegard, has been discovered targeting Kubernetes clusters for cryptocurrency mining. Hildegard was first detected in January 2021 and used to launch crypto-jacking operations. Researchers say that the campaign may still be in the reconnaissance and weaponization stage. On Wednesday, Jay Chen, Aviv Sasson, and Ariel Zelivansky, researchers with Palo Alto Networks, believed that this new malware campaign is still under evolution since it has an…