For example, recent research from Imperva shows that 75 percent of Redis servers are infected with cryptomining malware.
To carry out cryptomining attacks, hackers will first look for an RCE vulnerability, which allows attackers to run arbitrary code on the vulnerable server.
The same vulnerability that was exploited to infect the server with cryptomining malware can be reused to infect it with other malware or to launch further attacks on the attacker’s behalf.
Cryptomining malware usually needs a lot of computing power, thus a simple detection can be achieved by monitoring the CPU for high consumption.
To protect against cryptomining attacks, organizations must first ensure their systems are fully up to date with all relevant patches.

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