The high cost of misconfigured DevOps: Global cryptojacking hits enterprises

A massive ongoing cryptojacking operation is actively exploiting misconfigured DevOps tools, including Nomad, Consul, Docker, and Gitea, to hijack computing power for cryptocurrency mining, Wiz Threat Research revealed.

Dubbed Jinx-0132 by researchers, the campaign has compromised systems globally with attackers deploying XMRig-based miners within minutes of breaching exposed APIs and weak configurations.