Python-Based PyLoose Fileless Attack Targets Cloud Workloads for Cryptocurrency Mining

A new fileless attack dubbed PyLoose has been observed striking cloud workloads with the goal of delivering a cryptocurrency miner, new findings from Wiz reveal. “The attack consists of Python code that loads an XMRig Miner directly into memory using memfd, a known Linux fileless technique,” security researchers Avigayil Mechtinger, Oren Ofer, and Itamar Gilad said. “This is the first publicly

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