Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2024

million) worth of cryptocurrencies via mining activities. “The suspect is believed to have mined over USD 2 million (EUR 1.8 ” An unnamed cloud service provider supported the investigation for months. “The suspect is believed to have mined over USD 2 million (EUR 1.8 million) in cryptocurrencies.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2018

It is common for developers to use debugging tools with elevated privileges while they are trying to troubleshoot their code. 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. But crooks can abuse them too.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

“In mid-July 2020, cybercriminals started a vishing campaign—gaining access to employee tools at multiple companies with indiscriminate targeting — with the end goal of monetizing the access.” Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2020

” Hackers are targeting Kubernetes clusters because nodes used from ML operations have huge computational capabilies making them ideal for fraudulent mining purposes. This fact makes Kubernetes clusters that are used for ML tasks a perfect target for crypto mining campaigns, which was the aim of this attack.”

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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. Delete files.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 27, 2021

The LemonDuck malware that for the past couple of years has been known for its cryptocurrency mining and botnet capabilities is evolving into a much broader threat, moving into new areas of cyber attacks, targeting both Linux and Microsoft systems and expanding its geographical reach, according to security researchers with Microsoft.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2021

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. System admins should also make sure that the API is not exposed publicly, and can only be accessed by those who need to.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

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. Executes the script to start mining for the Monero cryptocurrency. aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Data privacy regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be hard to navigate for businesses of any size, but GRC tools can simplify and streamline compliance with all of the requirements. Contents: Top GRC tools comparison. Top GRC tools comparison.

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OneHub

MARCH 29, 2021

Users enter their credentials to log in and access a digital Workspace that’s custom branded and tailored to their unique needs. The Workspace provides cloud storage for business files, enables easy and secure file sharing, and offers collaboration tools such as automatic syncing, comments, and tasks. .

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Collibra

MARCH 12, 2024

However, BI tools have evolved over the years, and today many BI tools offer various advanced analytics capabilities. For example, a number of BI tools now can integrate Python and R scripts, both of which are programming languages commonly used to create predictive models and machine learning algorithms.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Redis, is a popular open source data structure tool that can be used as an in-memory distributed database, message broker or cache. The tool is not designed to be exposed on the Internet, however, researchers spotted tens thousands Redis instance publicly accessible without authentication. SecurityAffairs – hacking, mining).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Upon access to the victim’s Skype account, the attackers hijack an existing messaging thread and craft the naming convention of the files to relate to the context of the chat history. ” concludes the report.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.” “At this moment in time, it looks like no emails, passwords, or any personal data were accessed, but we do suggest resetting your password and activate 2FA security,” the company wrote in a blog post.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2020

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April and that targets Docker installs. “Over the weekend we’ve seen a crypto-mining worm spread that steals AWS credentials. Use firewall rules to limit any access to Docker APIs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Threat actors relied on access to multiple virtual private servers (VPS) in conjunction with rented cloud infrastructure, open proxies, and DDoS tools. However, some security researchers believe that Anonymous Sudan is a sub-group of the pro-Russian threat group Killnet.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

” OWA refers to Outlook Web Access , the Web-facing portion of on-premises Exchange servers. Oddly, none of the several dozen antivirus tools available to scan the file at Virustotal.com currently detect it as malicious. . ” “The web shell path that was dropped was new to us,” said Watson said.

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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. The sample also downloads one of the additional ELF binary payloads observed by Trend Micro and saves it as “abchello”.”

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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. ” Talos researchers also updated the list of IOCs to include information about mining activity carried out by exploiting the CVE-2021-44228 flaw.

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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. Mobile attacks. Other methods.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2023

shc executables are typically used as loaders and prepare the system for mining via Diicot’s custom fork of XMRig, along with registering persistence.” The initial access for this campaign is via a custom SSH brute-forcing tool, named aliases. ” reads the report published by Cado.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. First, we’ll cover the technological side of cyber attacks, such as evading detection tools or digital reconnaissance techniques.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

” The government alleges the group monetized its illicit access by deploying ransomware and “ cryptojacking ” tools (using compromised systems to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin).

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2021

com , a wildly popular service that sold access to more than 12 billion usernames and passwords stolen from thousands of hacked websites. In an ironic turn of events, a lapsed domain registration tied to WeLeakInfo let someone plunder and publish account data on 24,000 customers who paid to access the service with a credit card.

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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.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

As of at least May 2021, an APT actor group almost certainly exploited a Fortigate appliance to access a webserver hosting the domain for a U.S. . “The FBI is continuing to warn about Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors exploiting Fortinet vulnerabilities. municipal government.” ” reads the alert issued by the FBI.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

Dragos experts investigated an infection of DirectLogic PLCs from Automation Direct, they performed reverse engineering of the password cracking tool and discovered it did not crack the password at all, rather, it exploited a vulnerability in the firmware to retrieve the password on command. ” reads the advisory published by Dragos.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

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. Ransomware target. Often, too many people have free rein.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried and Zixiao “Gary” Wang controlled the access. This involved using an “unsecured group email account as the root user to access confidential private keys and critically sensitive data for the FTX Group companies around the world…” About $740 million in cryptocurrency has been placed into new cold wallets.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

After many successful campaigns in 2020-2021, they posted a retirement notice on Twitter, but, according to Aqua Nautilus, “their infrastructure continued to automatically infect new victims with old malware as their tools included various worms that could scan and infect new targets.”. format(len(targets)). format(len(promisingTargets)).

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

According to Microsoft, Storm-0324’s latest campaign has likely used a tool called TeamsPhisher, which “enables Teams tenant users to attach files to messages sent to external tenants, which can be abused […] to deliver phishing attachments”. This vulnerability was identified by Max Corbridge and Tom Ellson of JUMPSEC in June.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

The phenomenon is not surprising because during the COVID-19 lockdown employees were forced to work from home remote accessing company infrastructure. Threat actors, especially ransomware operators, intensified their operations attempting to brute-force Windows remote desktop service to access target organizations.

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Info Source

OCTOBER 6, 2020

According to the Constellation Research ShortList for Robotic Process Automation , “the RPA market is converging with business process management, process mining and workflow tools,” and “buyer’s should expect these tools to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to blur the lines between human and machine processes.”

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IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In today’s digital age where data stands as a prized asset, generative AI serves as the transformative tool to mine its potential. Scaling AI in business presents unique challenges: Data accessibility : Fragmented and siloed data stifle advancement. Forrester indicates that 40% of companies face this obstacle.

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