Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and targets Docker installs. The discovery of the recent attacks is important because on November 6th, 2021, TeamTNT communicated via Twitter a farewell note. ” reads the analysis published by AquaSec. be on IP 93[.]95[.]229[.]203).”

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

One reason for the enduring waves of ransomware is that unstructured data is easy for hackers to locate and simple for them to encrypt. 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. Ransomware target.

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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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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.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Now, Shellbot has re-appeared in the threat landscape in a recent campaign, targeting organizations worldwide with a new IRC server and new Monero pools, so we decided to deepen the analysis. Technical Analysis. This directory contains the crypto mining module named kswapd0. The first folder to analyze is “a”.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

Prometei is a crypto-mining botnet that recently appeared in the threat landscape, it exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements. Security experts from Cisco Talos discovered a new crypto-mining botnet, tracked as Prometei, that exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Nor am I going to wade into the debate about the ecological consequences of mining cryptocurrencies. Vranken: Well, mining means cracking a puzzle, which has a certain amount of time and that takes like 10 seconds or something. So there are companies which only mine cryptocurrencies and they make money by this. Remember WEP?

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