Threat Actor Mimo Targets Magento and Docker to Deploy Crypto Miners and Proxyware
The threat actor responsible for exploiting weak Craft CMS instances has changed its strategy to target misconfigured Docker instances and Magento CMS.
A threat actor known as Mimo (also known as Hezb) has been implicated in the activities. Mimo has a history of using N-day security holes in different online apps to install cryptocurrency miners.
In a report released this week, Datadog Security Labs stated that while Mimo's main incentive is still financial, the sophistication of their recent operations raises the possibility that they are preparing for more lucrative illegal activities through bandwidth monetization and cryptocurrency mining.
In May 2025, Sekoia disclosed Mimo's use of CVE-2025-32432, a serious security vulnerability in Craft CMS, for proxyjacking and cryptojack...


