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Cryptominer ELFs Using MSR to Boost Mining Process

Security Affairs

The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently observed Golang-based worm dropping cryptominer binaries which use the MSR (Model Specific Register) driver to disable hardware prefetchers and increase the speed of the mining process by 15%. In this blog, we will detail the usage of MSR to disable the hardware prefetcher in the cryptomining malwares.

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Hackers are scanning the internet for vulnerable Salt installs, Ghost blogging platform hacked

Security Affairs

Hackers are conducting a mass-scanning the Internet for vulnerable Salt installs that could allow them to hack the organizations, the last victim is the Ghost blogging platform. The two flaws, tracked as CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652, are a directory traversal issue and an authentication bypass vulnerability respectively.

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Energy industry 2021 predictions

OpenText Information Management

2020 sent shock waves across oil and gas, utilities and mining organizations, creating dramatic shifts in supply and demand, revenue streams and productivity. Mining companies, meanwhile, are … The post Energy industry 2021 predictions appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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GUEST ESSAY: Tapping Bitcoin’s security — to put a stop to ‘51% attacks’ of cryptocurrency exchanges

The Last Watchdog

However, if an attacker possesses 51% or more of the computational power of the entire network, they can force nodes to accept their alternate chain, because it’s built with more mining power than the “legitimate” chain currently on the network. Attackers can use this method of rewriting history to reverse transactions.

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Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet targets Docker servers

Security Affairs

The Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker servers to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. Crowdstrikes researchers reported that the Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. “The “a.asp” file is the actual payload in this attack. ” concludes the report.

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MaliBot Android Banking Trojan targets Spain and Italy

Security Affairs

MaliBot disguises itself as a cryptocurrency mining app named “Mining X” or “The CryptoApp”, experts also observed the malicious code masqueraded as “MySocialSecurity” and “Chrome” apps. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Note to Self: Create Non-Exhaustive List of Competitors

Krebs on Security

Mine was learning that KrebsOnSecurity is listed as a restricted competitor by Gartner Inc. ” Gartner’s 2020 “Magic Quadrant” for companies that provide “contact center as a service” offerings. What was the best news you heard so far this month? Those enticements have mostly fallen on deaf ears.

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