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. The malware targets QNAP NAS devices exposed online that use weak passwords. Use stronger admin passwords. Install a firewall.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2021

“These techniques include numerous modules that exploit implicit trust, weak passwords, and unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in popular applications, including Secure Shell (SSH), IT administration tools, a variety of cloud-based applications, and databases.” ” continues the analysis.

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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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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

After verifying my email address, I was asked to pick a strong password and select a form of multi-factor authentication (MFA). Password reset questions selected, the site proceeded to ask four, multiple-guess “knowledge-based authentication” questions to verify my identity. It just reported that my SSN was now unlocked.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2019

Avast spotted a new strain of Clipsa malware that is used to mine and steal cryptocurrencies along with carrying out brute-force attacks on WordPress sites. Clipsa is a malware that is well known to cyber security community is able to steal cryptocurrency via clipoard hijacking and mine cryptocurrency after installing a miner. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2019

” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. “The script then calls a Monero coin-mining binary, darwin (detected as PUA.Linux.XMRMiner.AA), to run in the background. As with all cryptocurrency miners, it uses the resources of the host system to mine cryptocurrency (Monero in this instance) without the owner’s knowledge.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. “The analysis showed that the worming module targets older well-known vulnerabilities, e.g., EternalBlue and Hot Potato Windows Privilege Escalation. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

. “The usernames and passwords are now in a separate two arrays and extended to include many other usernames and passwords. ” reads the analysis published by Talos. The bot used a user-mode rootkit to hide the malicious process and malicious registry entries created. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2019

” reads the analysis published by PaloAlto Networks. “It also steals saved passwords in Chrome. CookieMiner configures the compromised systems to load coinmining software that appears like an XMRIG-type miner, but that mines Koto, a lesser popular cryptocurrency associated with Japan.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2019

and also the system weak password to spread, using the vulnerability intrusion set with ElasticSearch, Hadoop, Redis, Spring, Weblogic, ThinkPHP and SqlServer server machines, after the invasion using the victim machine to dig the Monroe currency.” ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2019

” reads the analysis published by the experts. In June, Trend Micro discovered an Android crypto-currency mining botnet that can spread via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and Secure Shell (SSH). . Ares bot also scans for both other Android systems running Telnet services and attempt to crack passwords protecting them.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2019

” reads the analysis published by F5. “The malware campaign propagates using 7 different methods: 4 web application exploits (2 targeting ThinkPHP, 1 targeting Drupal, and 1 targeting Confluence), SSH credentials enumeration, Redis database passwords enumeration, and also trying to connect other machines using found SSH keys.”

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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. See the Top Rootkit Scanners.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

” reads the analysis published Symantec. Experts reported that the Beapy malware also uses the popular post-exploitation tool Mimikatz to steal passwords from Windows systems. ” continues the analysis. “ Beapy ( W32.Beapy Beapy ) is a file-based coinminer that uses email as an initial infection vector.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

“ Malware then guesses routers’ passwords , which new research from Avast shows are often weak. ” Avast researchers also observed crooks using DNS hijacking to deliver crypto mining scripts to users’ browsers. ” states the analysis published by Avast. ” states the analysis published by Avast.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

They will often describe potential “legitimate” uses for their malware – only to further describe anti-malware evasion properties, silent installation and operation or features such as cryptocurrency mining, password theft or disabling webcam lights.” ” reads the post published by Palo Alto Networks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The crypto-miner set up a secret master password that uses to access any user account on the system. A case in point: the way Skidmap can also set up a secret master password that gives it access to any user account in the system.” ” states the analysis published by TrendMicro.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

” Reads the analysis published by Dr. Web. downloads and starts its own Monero-mining operation. 174 also downloads and executes with the ability to steal user-entered passwords for the su command and to hide files in the file system, network connections, and running processes. Then the Linux.BtcMine.174. Linux.BtcMine.174

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware. In 2017, password-protected archives accounted for only 0.08% of all malicious objects. In 2018, their number grew to 3.6%, while in H1 2019 saw an unusual rise of up to 27.8%.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks. The scanner component also scans the Internet for servers that run services that have been left online exposed without a password or are using weak credentials. ” continues the analysis. . “Xbash has ransomware and coinmining capabilities.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. “I ran my own analysis on top of their data and reached the same conclusion that Taylor reported. But on Nov.

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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

. · TSMC Chip Maker confirms its facilities were infected with WannaCry ransomware. · GitHub started warning users when adopting compromised credentials. · Hacking WiFi Password in a few steps using a new attack on WPA/WPA2. · Ramnit is back and contributes in creating a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black botnet. · Snapchat (..)

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The company stopped only 63% of threats in last year’s MITRE testing in our analysis, but with a strong R&D team, Kaspersky will use that knowledge to keep improving. Password manager. Detection Using Machine Learning and Data Mining. The company did not take part in the most recent MITRE tests. Email phishing filter.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 14, 2018

About six months ago, I got an email from a good friend of mine, who I’ll call Alex (not his real name). As attackers mine information about user appearance, likely passwords, and basic behaviors, more sophisticated behavioral analysis can help us determine whether a person, device, or system is what they claim to be.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

It’s now commonplace for high-resolution video cams to feed endless streams of image data into increasingly intelligent data mining software. Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft have poured vast resources into theoretical research in the related fields of artificial intelligence, image recognition and face analysis.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

So what if you accidentally forget the password? We’ve all been there-- locked out of some account because we can’t remember the clever password we used. Nor am I going to wade into the debate about the ecological consequences of mining cryptocurrencies. That means it falls to you to protect your cryptocurrency.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Phishing attacks: Deceptive techniques, such as fraudulent emails or websites, trick individuals into revealing sensitive information like credit card and payment information, passwords, or login credentials. Cryptojacking : Unauthorized use of a computer’s processing power to mine cryptocurrencies.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2021

The 33-year-old Amazon Web Services (AWS) software engineer was also accused of stealing cloud computer power on Capital One’s account to “mine” cryptocurrency for her own benefit, a practice known as “cryptojacking.”. Password and token harvesting is one of the most common techniques in hacking.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It was being sold for 5 Bitcoins: That's over US$80k in today's money but back then, it was only a couple of grand (which actually, seems like pretty good value for 167 million accounts and passwords stored as unsalted SHA1 hashes). This includes dynamic and static analysis, building processes into continuous integration environments and.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

They sneak around the fringes of the enterprise, seeking a way inside, which they might accomplish by tricking a user into clicking on a malicious link, opening an infected attachment or providing credentials and passwords, or perhaps by hacking an unpatched or zero-day vulnerability. Key Differentiators.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

. “ Cybereason is following an active campaign to deliver an arsenal of malware that is able to steal data, mine for cryptocurrency , and deliver ransomware to victims all over the world. ” reads the analysis published by Cyberreason.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Decipher provides context, information, and analysis, not to point fingers or lay blame. Gary McGraw is a good friend of mine and I've talked to him about software security for almost two decades now. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? It's worth everyone understanding its role. Was there a misconfiguration?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Decipher provides context, information, and analysis, not to point fingers or lay blame. Gary McGraw is a good friend of mine and I've talked to him about software security for almost two decades now. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? It's worth everyone understanding its role. Was there a misconfiguration?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Decipher provides context, information, and analysis, not to point fingers or lay blame. Gary McGraw is a good friend of mine and I've talked to him about software security for almost two decades now. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? It's worth everyone understanding its role. Was there a misconfiguration?

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