Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

PaloAlto Network warns of the WatchDog botnet that uses exploits to take over Windows and Linux servers and mine cryptocurrency. 27, 2019 and already mined at least 209 Monero (XMR), valued to be around $32,056 USD. The WatchDog botnet has been active at least since Jan. Redis Spring Data Commons CVE-2018-1273, versions prior to 1.13-1.13.10,

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2018

Group-IB is recording new outbreaks of illegal mining (cryptojacking) threats in the networks of commercial and state organizations. Group-IB, an international company specializing in the prevention of cyberattacks, is recording new outbreaks of illegal mining (cryptojacking) threats in the networks of commercial and state organizations.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Researchers spotted a cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting Linux users with Go-based CHAOS malware (Trojan.Linux.CHAOSRAT). In November 2022, Trend Micro researchers discovered a cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting Linux users with Go-based CHAOS malware (Trojan.Linux.CHAOSRAT). Access file explorer. Download files.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

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. ” reads the analysis published by CrowdStrikes. ” concludes the report.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

“Remarkably, Respondent instead allowed unfettered access to the personal and financial data of millions of its customers for six more months until the breach and its serious ramifications were widely publicized by a nationally recognized cybersecurity industry journalist,” the DFS explained in a statement on the charges.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. The malware deploys the XMRig mining tool to mine Monero cryptocurrency. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2018

According to the Google developer portal , “The adb command facilitates a variety of device actions, such as installing and debugging apps, and it provides access to a Unix shell that you can use to run a variety of commands on a device.” It is also clear some people are insecurely rooting their devices, too.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The bot also kills competing malware, including crypto mining and cloud-focused malware, on the same systems. The bot also removes SSH keys and inserts its own to guarantee exclusive access to the infected host. ” reads the analysis published by the experts. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

The ASEC analysis team recently discovered that a Linux malware developed with shell script compiler ( shc ) that threat actors used to install a CoinMiner. The compressed file contains the XMRig CoinMiner malware along with a config.json with the mining pool URL and the “run” script. ” reads the report published by ASEC.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

The vulnerabilities may enable an unauthenticated attacker with HTTP(S) access to a TeamCity server to bypass authentication checks and gain administrative control of that TeamCity server.” Rapid7 published a detailed analysis of the two flaws here. reads the advisory published by JetBrains.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Based on the nature of the vulnerability, once the attacker has full access and control of an application, they can perform a myriad of objectives. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. The researchers spotted mining activity aimed at delivering of the Kinsing crypto-miner. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks Unit42. “We believe PGMiner is the first cryptocurrency mining botnet that is delivered via PostgreSQL.” ” continues the analysis. ” concludes the analysis. ” The attack chain starts by randomly picking a public network range (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

” reads the analysis published by Aqua firm. Kinsing actors often exploited the PHPUnit vulnerability ( CVE-2017-9841 ) and it engaged in fully automated attacks as part of mining cryptocurrency. ” continues the analysis. The script is accessible for review here.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

” reads the analysis published by Lumen Technologies. The analysis of the infections from mid-June to mid-July 2022 revealed that most of the bots are located in Europe, specifically Italy. ” continues the report. . ” continues the report. Other infections were observed in North and South America and Asia Pacific.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Upon infecting a system, the malware abuses its resources to mine cryptocurrency. . The attackers dropped a PHP malware sample through a backdoor linked to a WordPress plugin called Download-monitor, which was installed after the honeypot was accessed. and suspicious access log entries, etc. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

“CISA obtained four malicious files for analysis during an on-site incident response engagement at a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization compromised by Iranian government sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) actors.” ” reads the Malware Analysis Report (AR22-320A) published by CISA.

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IT Governance

MARCH 29, 2022

Millions of people rely on the Cloud to access information and services, with facilities filled with high-powered CPUs, terabytes of RAM and petabytes of storage. Then there’s blockchain mining. According to a report by the software firm Flexera , 92% of organisations use more than one, with the average respondent using 2.6

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 10, 2023

Without a doubt, there is exponential growth in the access to and volume of process data we all, as individuals, have at our fingertips. Process mining presents the ‘art of the possible’ when it comes to investing time and energy into organizational change initiatives that can make change stick.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

” The botnet is engaged in cryptomining activity, the malicious code has been designed to hijack the computer’s resources to mine cryptocurrencies. ” reads the analysis published by the experts. At the time of the analysis, the researchers discovered 209 peers, 40 of which are currently active. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2021

” states the analysis published by Intezer. For some of the instances found by the researchers the permissions are misconfigured allowing an attacker to access an open Argo dashboard and submit their own workflow. “We also detected that some misconfigured nodes are being targeted by threat actors.

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Collibra

MARCH 12, 2024

The term “advanced analytics” gained widespread recognition in the fields of data analysis and business intelligence (BI) during the early 2000s. This enables business users to make better-informed decisions based on more sophisticated analysis that goes beyond purely historical data reporting. What is advanced analytics?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Experts warn of a new malware campaign using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure to spread the remote access trojan BitRAT. Qualys experts spotted a new malware campaign spreading a remote access trojan called BitRAT using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing messages. Monero mining.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2020

Cybersecurity researchers spotted a crypto-mining botnet, tracked as Vollgar, that has been hijacking MSSQL servers since at least 2018. Researchers at Guardicore Labs discovered a crypto-mining botnet , tracked as Vollgar botnet , that is targeting MSSQL databases since 2018. ” reads the analysis published by Guardicore.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The main difference between the two is organization and analysis. For structured data, users can run simple analysis tools, i.e., content searches, to find what they need. But with no orderly internal framework, unstructured data defies data mining tools. Revoke access rights. Learn who has access to what data and why.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

In our analysis, we found Pro-Ocean targeting Apache ActiveMQ (CVE-2016-3088), Oracle WebLogic (CVE-2017-10271) and Redis (unsecure instances).” ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks. Disable the iptables firewall so that the malware will have full access to the internet.

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

KryptoCibule spreads via pirated software and game torrents.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

QNAP is warning customers of a new piece of malware dubbed Dovecat that is targeting NAS devices to mine cryptocurrency. The malware was designed to abuse NAS resources and mine cryptocurrency. “According to analysis, QNAP NAS can become infected when they are connected to the Internet with weak user passwords.”

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Collibra

JULY 6, 2023

Powering trust with Power BI Microsoft Power BI enables organizations to optimize reporting, data mining, and data visualization to provide key business insights. We also added support for the various Databricks connectors in Power BI and are soon adding SAP Hana and Azure Analysis Services to the mix.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The campaign primarily targets users in Spain and South American countries, aims to launch a coin-mining shellcode directly in memory. The in-memory DLL then injects a coin-mining code into notepad.exe through process hollowing. To avoid being infected with malware, home users are recommended to access only legal streaming platforms.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

Dark Utilities is advertised as a platform to enable remote access, command execution, conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and cryptocurrency mining operations on infected systems. ” reads the analysis published by Cisco Talos researchers.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

The Sality P2P botnet is known to be involved in password cracking and cryptocurrency mining activities. However, initial dynamic analysis of a couple of other samples indicate they also contain malware. The CVE-2022-2003 was responsibly disclosed to Automation Direct and the vendor addressed it with the release of a firmware update.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The diversity and accessibility of open-source AI allow for a broad set of beneficial use cases, like real-time fraud protection, medical image analysis, personalized recommendations and customized learning. Scikit-learn is a powerful open-source Python library for machine learning and predictive data analysis.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Upon gaining access to the device, the bot downloads one of seven binaries that install the HEH malware. The analysis of the HEH Bot revealed that it contains three functional modules: propagation module, local HTTP service module and P2P module. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2019

” reads the analysis published by F-Secure. ” continues the analysis. The service creates multiple threads to carry out several malicious activities, such as data exfiltration and mining. Further information, including IoCs are reported in the analysis published by F.Secure. then it deletes itself.

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erwin

AUGUST 6, 2020

Be more self-sufficient in accessing and preparing the data. Data access, literacy and knowledge leads to sound decision-making and that’s key to data governance and any other data-driven effort. Enterprise Collaboration& Empowerment: Break down IT and business silos to provide broad access to approved organizational information.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

” reads the analysis published by the researchers. ” continues the analysis. In at least one attack, the threat actors used a Delphi Crypter along with a second-stage malware, a remote access Trojan dubbed BitRAT. BitRAT implements multiple features, including mining cryptocurrencies and RAT features.

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