--- title: "'Lucifer' Botnet Turns Up the Heat on Apache Hadoop Servers" url: https://daily.dev/posts/lucifer-botnet-turns-up-the-heat-on-apache-hadoop-servers-7frgetvnz source_url: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/lucifer-botnet-heat-apache-hadoop-servers type: article source: "Dark Reading" published: 2024-02-21T22:51:18.100Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z tags: ["cyber", "malware", "apache-hadoop"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 'Lucifer' Botnet Turns Up the Heat on Apache Hadoop Servers **[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A threat actor is targeting Apache Hadoop and Apache Druid servers with a new version of the Lucifer botnet, a known malware tool that combines cryptojacking and DDoS capabilities. The campaign has been ongoing for six months and consists of three unique attack phases. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#malware](https://daily.dev/tags/malware), [#apache-hadoop](https://daily.dev/tags/apache-hadoop) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/lucifer-botnet-turns-up-the-heat-on-apache-hadoop-servers-7frgetvnz)