Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A threat actor is launching brute-force attacks on MSSQL servers in the attempt to access them to install a new crypto-mining malware dubbed MrbMiner. A group of hackers is launching brute-force attacks on MSSQL servers with the intent to compromise them and install crypto-mining malware dubbed MrbMiner. Mining process.”

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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. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks uncovered a cryptojacking botnet, tracked as WatchDog, that is targeting Windows and Linux systems. The WatchDog botnet has been active at least since Jan.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

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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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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

As first reported here last year , First American’s website exposed 16 years worth of digitized mortgage title insurance records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. In the days that followed, the DFS and U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

security flaws in JetBrains TeamCity to deploy multiple malware families and gain administrative control over impacted systems. In early March, Rapid7 researchers disclosed two new critical security vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-27198 (CVSS score: 9.8) and CVE-2024-27199 (CVSS score:7.3), in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises. “The

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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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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

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 TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Security researchers discovered a new botnet, named Abcbot , that focused on Chinese cloud hosting providers over the past months. In November, researchers from Qihoo 360’s Netlab security team spotted the Abcbot botnet that was targeting Linux systems to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. Security Affair s – hacking, shc Linux malware).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Researchers are cloud security firm Aqua have observed threat actors exploiting the recently disclosed Linux privilege escalation flaw Looney Tunables in attacks against cloud environments. ” reads the analysis published by Aqua firm. ” continues the analysis. The script is accessible for review here.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new botnet, tracked as PgMiner, that targets PostgreSQL databases running on Linux servers to install a cryptocurrency miner. ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks Unit42. ” continues the analysis. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2018

In an ideal world, all of the security controls are applied and all of the debugging tools are removed or disabled before the code is released to the public. ” These are very powerful functions for debugging tools, and also useful for executing malicious code without being trapped by the usual security controls.

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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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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

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. The post Go-based Chaos malware is rapidly growing targeting Windows, Linux and more appeared first on Security Affairs.

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IT Governance

MARCH 29, 2022

IT Governance found more than 1,200 publicly disclosed security incidents in 2021 , which correlates to society’s increasingly reliance on computers and the expanding influence that criminal hackers have. Then there’s blockchain mining. Most obviously, cyber crime by its nature involves the use of computers, which consume energy.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2021

Threat actors target Kubernetes installs via Argo Workflows to cryptocurrency miners, security researchers from Intezer warn. ” states the analysis published by Intezer. The post Crooks target Kubernetes installs via Argo Workflows to deploy miners appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

Akamai security researchers discovered a new Golang-based P2P Botnet, tracked as Panchan, that is targeting Linux servers that has been active since March 2022. ” The botnet is engaged in cryptomining activity, the malicious code has been designed to hijack the computer’s resources to mine cryptocurrencies.

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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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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

All too many companies lack a full appreciation of how vital it has become to proactively manage and keep secure “unstructured data.”. Structured data can be human- or machine-generated, and is easily searchable information usually stored in a database, including names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, ZIP codes. Delete data.

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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. Taiwanese vendor QNAP has published a security advisory to warn customers of a new piece of malware named Dovecat that is targeting NAS devices. ” reads the security advisory published by the vendor.

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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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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. They accessed 41.5 million customers’ data having gained access via a vulnerability in Hathaway’s Laravel web application framework. Data breached: 41,500,000 records.

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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

JUNE 30, 2021

Related: Equipping Security Operations Centers (SOCs) for the long haul. are used to gain access to third party servers. In many cases, this code is designed to avoid detection and the attacker can now deface your website, inject inappropriate ads or even mine for bitcoin.

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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. The Sality malware uses a kernel driver to avoid detection, it also starts a service to identify processes associated with potential security products, and kill them. ” reads the advisory published by Dragos.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Researchers from from Netlab, the network security division of Chinese tech giant Qihoo 360, have discovered a new botnet, tracked as HEH, that contains the code to wipe all data from infected systems, such as routers, IoT devices, and servers. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) April 28, 2020. ” reads the Tweet published by the Microsoft Security Intelligence team. . ” reads the Tweet published by the Microsoft Security Intelligence team. The in-memory DLL then injects a coin-mining code into notepad.exe through process hollowing.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Researchers from security firm Check Point uncovered a new Office malware builder called APOMacroSploit, which was employed in attacks that targeted more than 80 customers worldwide. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers. ” continues the analysis. months, just by selling the APOMacroSploit product.”

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics. Other methods.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, c2-as-a-service).

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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. and EU are exploring ways to balance innovation with security and ethical concerns. Governments like the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2020

Microsoft’s Azure Security Center (ASC) is warning of a hacking campaign that targets Kubeflow, a machine learning toolkit for Kubernetes. ” Hackers are targeting Kubernetes clusters because nodes used from ML operations have huge computational capabilies making them ideal for fraudulent mining purposes. ” reads the report.

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