9cf16b3f88081fadc17a2edd8cda21d0

The presence of the MD5 hash 9cf16b3f88081fadc17a2edd8cda21d0 is a significant indicator of compromise, potentially signaling the presence of the Kinsing malware, a notorious threat targeting Linux systems to perform resource hijacking (T1496). This malware often propagates through exploiting vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, leading to unauthorized access, cryptocurrency mining, and other malicious activities. Its successful deployment can severely impact system performance, availability, and data integrity. Detected across multiple reputable threat intelligence feeds and associated with related attack patterns, files, hashes, hostnames and IPs, this IOC requires immediate attention to prevent further infection and damage.