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Security Affairs
MAY 10, 2020
Crooks exploit CVE-2019-18935 deserialization vulnerability to achieve remote code execution in Blue Mockingbird Monero-Mining campaign. This issue could be exploited only when the encryption keys are obtained via a separate attack, meaning that the attackers have to chain more exploits in their campaigns. ” concludes the report.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
The malicious code abuse of the resources of the infected machine to mine cryptocurrency , according to the experts it has already infected 80,000 computers worldwide. Layers of obfuscation, encryption, and the use of randomized file names hid the installation process. ”reads the analysis published by Microsoft.
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eSecurity Planet
JUNE 16, 2022
Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In 2015, global cyber crime had a cost of about $3 trillion, and the cost is expected to rise to $10.5 Ransomware. Ransomware is the fastest-growing trend.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
It spreads Shade/ Treshold variants, one of the most dangerous threats in the cyber crime scenario, known since its massive infection into the Russian panorama back in 2015, its expansion has been tracked by several CSIRTs and CERTs all across the world. Technical analysis. Background of the infected machine, after encryption phase.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 28, 2018
Earlier this year Sysdig and Aqua Security researchers started observing cyber attacks targeting Kubernets and Docker instances aimed at mining Monero cryptocurrency. Miscreants can abuse Docker Engine API to deploy containers they have created with the specific intent of mining cryptocurrencies. Docker Trusted Registry ).
Security Affairs
JULY 25, 2019
Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. The BlueKeep scanner implemented in the WatchBog scans the Internet for vulnerable systems and submits the RC$-encrypted list of RDP hosts, to servers controlled by its operators.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
” reads the analysis published by Avast. “Unlike the aforementioned IoT botnets, this one tries to be more stealthy and persistent once the device is compromised, and it does not (yet) do the usual stuff a botnet does like DDOS , attacking all the devices connected to the internet, or, of course, mining cryptocurrencies.”
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