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TeamTNT is back and targets servers to run Bitcoin encryption solvers

Security Affairs

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and targets Docker installs. ” reads the analysis published by AquaSec. “Breaking the cryptographic encryption is considered “Mission: Impossible”. be on IP 93[.]95[.]229[.]203).” ” continue the experts. .”

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Cyberattacks are on the rise, with cyber criminal trends and techniques becoming increasingly sophisticated and creative. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 Ransomware. Other methods.

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Crooks continue to abuse exposed Docker APIs for Cryptojacking

Security Affairs

Cybercriminals continue to abuse unprotected Docker APIs to create new containers used for cryptojacking, Trend Micro warns. Earlier this year Sysdig and Aqua Security researchers started observing cyber attacks targeting Kubernets and Docker instances aimed at mining Monero cryptocurrency. Docker Trusted Registry ).

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The Long Run of Shade Ransomware

Security Affairs

As stated in a recent Eset report , the Shade infection had an increase during October 2018, keeping a constant trend until the second half of December 2018, taking a break around Christmas, and then resuming in mid-January 2019 doubled in size (shown in Figure 1). Trend of malicious JavaScript downloading Shade ransomware (source: ESET).

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Phishing campaign targets LATAM e-commerce users with Chaes Malware

Security Affairs

” reads the analysis published by Cybereason. bin, researchers also observed the use of a cryptocurrency mining module. . Experts observed several variants over the recent months, it authors have improved encryption and implemented new functionality of the final Node.js The final payload of Chaes is a Node.Js

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Underminer Exploit Kit spreading Bootkits and cryptocurrency miners

Security Affairs

Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new exploit kit, tracked as Underminer exploit kit, delivering a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. ” reads the analysis published by TrendMicro. ” reads the analysis published by TrendMicro.

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Ransomware Revival: Troldesh becomes a leader by the number of attacks

Security Affairs

Another trend was disguising malware in emails. Thanks to behavioral analysis, such systems make it possible to detect previously unknown malware samples.”. The main functionality of the malware is to encrypt data on the computer and make ransom demands. Financial departments at high risk.