From Automation to Exploitation: The Growing Misuse of Selenium Grid for Cryptomining and Proxyjacking
Cado Security Labs (now part of Darktrace) identified two new campaigns exploiting misconfigured Selenium Grid instances for cryptomining and proxyjacking. Attackers injected scripts to deploy reverse shells, IPRoyal Pawn, EarnFM, TraffMonetizer, and WatchTower for proxyjacking, and a Golang binary to install a cryptominer. These attacks highlight the critical need for Selenium Grid users to enable authentication.