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Ngrok Mining Botnet

Security Affairs

Specifically, it demonstrates a novel, dynamic and robust operational security model and the ability to detect and attack newly deployed and misconfigured infrastructure. Additionally, the campaign is sophisticated in seeking to detect, analyse and neutralise other competing crypto-mining malware. Whaler – attack types and analysis.

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WatchDog botnet targets Windows and Linux servers in cryptomining campaign

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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 newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Hackers hijacked the eScan Antivirus update mechanism in malware campaign

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” reads the analysis published by Avast. The issue in the update mechanism was present for at least five years. Puppeteer orchestrates the core functionality of the malware, including the cryptocurrency mining as well as the backdoor deployment. Avast already reported the issue to eScan and the India CERT.

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30 Docker images downloaded 20M times in cryptojacking attacks

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The expert determined the number of cryptocurrencies that were mined to a mining pool account by inspecting the mining pool. Half of the images discovered by the expert were using a shared mining pool, by he estimated that threat actors mined US$200,000 worth of cryptocurrencies in a two-year period.

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ used to spread a cryptominer

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The malware is not present in Virus Total at this time, it is written in.net and its code is not signed. ” reads the analysis published by ReasonLabs. ” concludes the analysis that also includes Indicators of Compromise and Yara rules. mp4” format. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Android Debugging Tools Also Useful for Compromising Devices, Mining Cryptocurrency

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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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