article thumbnail

Android Botnet leverages ADB ports and SSH to spread

Security Affairs

Trend Micro recently discovered an Android crypto-currency mining botnet that can spread via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and Secure Shell (SSH). Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an new Android crypto-currency mining botnet that spreads via open ADB ( Android Debug Bridge ) ports and Secure Shell (SSH).

Mining 66
article thumbnail

Threat Group TeamTNT Returns with New Cloud Attacks

eSecurity Planet

However, the researchers are convinced the threat actor is back, as their honeypots identified TeamTNT signatures and tools in a series of three attacks during the first week of September. The attackers hijack the idle processing power of the targeted machines to mine cryptocurrency. format(len(targets)). format(len(promisingTargets)).

Cloud 126
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers

Security Affairs

The researchers revealed that one of his honeypots was hit by this IoT malware that targets Intel machines running Linux. “I suspect it’s probably a derivate of other IoT crypto mining botnets,” Cashdollar told The Register. “This one seems to target enterprise systems.”

IoT 88
article thumbnail

Leopard Spots and Zebra Stripes: Big Data and Identity Management

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

For years identity management has relied on three factors for authentication: What one knows (passwords). In this blog post, and in one by my colleague Sandy Carielli from Entrust Datacard, we discuss big data analytics and how it is enabling the evolution of new behavior-based authentication for easier and more robust identity management.

article thumbnail

Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations

Security Affairs

This directory contains the crypto mining module named kswapd0. This component has two main functions: Install a cryptoMiner worker: The main purpose of this elf file is the instantiation of a crypto-mining worker. It is a fork of XMRIG project, one of the most popular software to mine monero crypto values.

Mining 101
article thumbnail

Top Deception Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

It identifies unauthorized queries attempting to mine AD for data, hides sensitive or privileged AD query results (such as AD domain admins, domain controllers, SPNs, and others), and inserts fake results that point to decoy systems. Hundreds of authentic traps, which can be deployed in just minutes, hide real assets and decrease risk.

Cloud 124