Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

“We believe PGMiner is the first cryptocurrency mining botnet that is delivered via PostgreSQL.” The PGminer botnet targets Postgress that have default user “ postgres ”, and performs a brute-force attack iterating over a built-in list of popular passwords such as “ 112233 “ and “ 1q2w3e4r “ to bypass authentication.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Atlassian’s advisory implies that the vulnerability is remotely exploitable, which is typically more consistent with an authentication bypass or remote code execution chain than a privilege escalation issue by itself.” ” reads a post published by Rapid7.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

Below are the descriptions for these vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-27198 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web component of TeamCity that arises from an alternative path issue ( CWE-288 ) and has a CVSS base score of 9.8 reads the advisory published by JetBrains. it was addressed with the release of version 2023.11.4.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Trend Micro researchers have spotted crypto-mining campaigns that are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical remote code execution vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence deployments across Windows and Linux. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cryptocurrency mining). reads the advisory published by the company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2022

The malware supports a broad range of features, including the ability to steal credentials, cookies, and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes. MaliBot disguises itself as a cryptocurrency mining app named “Mining X” or “The CryptoApp”, experts also observed the malicious code masqueraded as “MySocialSecurity” and “Chrome” apps.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

Experts uncovered a hacking campaign that is breaching Docker clusters to deploy a new crypto-mining malware tracked as Kinsing. ” The Kinsing malware abuses the resources of the Docker installations to mine cryptocurrency, hackers exploit unprotected open Docker API port to instantiate an Ubuntu container. “The spre.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2020

The two flaws, tracked as CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652, are a directory traversal issue and an authentication bypass vulnerability respectively. Chaining the issue, an attacker could bypass authentication and run arbitrary code on Salt master servers exposed online. ” reads the statement published by Ghost Team. ” .

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ssh/authorized_keys, anyone with the corresponding private key can authenticate the SSH server without supplying a password. Initially, they deployed and executed a separate Monero miner alongside the usual RapperBot binary, but starting from January 2023, they included the mining capabilities in the bot. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2019

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).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

” “The actors then convinced the targeted employee that a new VPN link would be sent and required their login, including any 2FA [2-factor authentication] or OTP [one-time passwords]. authenticate the phone call before sensitive information can be discussed.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2021

An authenticated attacker could execute arbitrary commands as the root user on the underlying system via the SAML server configuration page. Experts pointed out that the flaw could be chained with an authentication bypass flaw that could allow an attacker. The vulnerability impacts Fortinet FortiWeb versions 6.3.11

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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. Docker Trusted Registry ).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

ESET researchers also said the attackers also attempt to exploit RDP connections to try to install coin-mining malware or create a backdoor. ” Unfortunately, most organizations often neglect the protection of RDP accesses and workers use easy-to-guess passwords and with no additional layers of authentication or protection.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Kinsing malware abuses the resources of the Docker installations to mine cryptocurrency. The first misconfiguration is related to the use of ‘trust authentication’ setting, an attacker can abuse it to connect to the Postgres servers without authentication and potentially achieve code execution.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. When analyzing the cryptomining activity, the experts noticed that operators used crypto wallets allegedly chosen randomly to contribute to various mining pools. . Use public key authentication for your SSH connections.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

“Using vished credentials, cybercriminals mined the victim company databases for their customers’ personal information to leverage in other attacks. In some cases, bad actors used a SIM-Swap attack on the employees obtain the 2FA and OTP authentication code sent to the victims’ phones.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Emerging threats Cybercrime often exploits precisely the lack of regulation and centralized controls of cryptocurrencies to deceive investors and embezzle funds through various forms of phishing, investment scams, digital wallet theft, ransomware, and illegal mining.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2020

“This aspect of the campaign expands the mining operation to support computers running Linux. ” Then the Lemon_Duck malware attempts to gain persistence by adding a cron job and collects SSH authentication credentials from the /.ssh/known_hosts ” reads the post published by Sophos.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

The backdoor was used by attackers to inject mining code in Ruby projects using the malicious versions of the libraries. It overloaded the #authenticate method on the Identity class. Maintainers of the RubyGems package repository have discovered a backdoor mechanism in 18 malicious versions of 11 Ruby libraries.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2024

The attackers breached the organization via compromised credentials for a VPN portal that lacked multi-factor authentication (MFA). The threat actors conducted post-exploitation activities eighteen days after initial access. ” concludes the report.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another. There, denizens with computer rigs that are built primarily for mining virtual currencies can set to work using those systems to crack passwords.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

In September 2021, Trend Micro researchers spotted crypto-mining campaigns that were actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical remote code execution vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence deployments across Windows and Linux.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The tool is not designed to be exposed on the Internet, however, researchers spotted tens thousands Redis instance publicly accessible without authentication. SecurityAffairs – hacking, mining). Redis, is a popular open source data structure tool that can be used as an in-memory distributed database, message broker or cache.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

In recent months the number of cyberattacks against misconfigured Kybernetes systems has surged, threat actors mainly used the to illegally mine cryptocurrencies. Use strong authentication and authorization to limit user and administrator access as well as to limit the attack surface.

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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). The most secure MFA option offered (a one-time code generated by an app like Google Authenticator or Authy) was already pre-selected, so I chose that.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

The documents were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. According to a filing (PDF) by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), the weakness that exposed the documents was first introduced during an application software update in May 2014 and went undetected for years. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

” The botnet is engaged in cryptomining activity, the malicious code has been designed to hijack the computer’s resources to mine cryptocurrencies. The bot uses “its built-in concurrency features to maximize spreadability and execute malware modules.” “The malware deploys two miners — xmrig and nbhash. .”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

It does this by having the binary add the public key of its handlers to the authorized_keys file, which contains keys needed for authentication.” The kaudited binary also drops a watchdog component used to monitor the mining process. ” continues the report. The malware replaces the system’s pam_unix.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

For example, there were four phone numbers on my Experian credit file: Only one of them was mine, and that one hasn’t been mine for ages. Clearly, Experian found it simpler to respond this way, rather than acknowledging the problem and addressing the root causes (lazy authentication and abhorrent account recovery practices).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2023

shc executables are typically used as loaders and prepare the system for mining via Diicot’s custom fork of XMRig, along with registering persistence.” This campaign specifically targets SSH servers exposed to the internet with password authentication enabled. ” reads the report published by Cado.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2024

GootLoader is still active and efficient Hackers stole OpenAI secrets in a 2023 security breach Hackers leak 170k Taylor Swift’s ERAS Tour Barcodes Polyfill.io

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

“I suspect it’s probably a derivate of other IoT crypto mining botnets,” Cashdollar told The Register. Str ong passw ords, a vulnerability remediation plan, and two factors of authentication can go a long way to keep systems secure from the most basic and common attacks.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

One of the threat types that surfaced and thrived since the introduction of cryptocurrency, cryptojackers are mining malware that hijacks and consumes a target’s device resources for the former’s gain and without the latter’s knowledge or consent. Below is a list of threats that are currently leveraging cryptocurrency: Cryptojackers.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

authenticate the phone call before sensitive information can be discussed. Improve 2FA and OTP messaging to reduce confusion about employee authentication attempts. In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

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.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 26, 2024

“For some reason, PeopleDataLabs has three profiles that come up when you search for my info, and two of them are mine but one is an elementary school teacher from the midwest,” Patel said. “All of my devices started blowing up, my watch, laptop and phone,” Patel told KrebsOnSecurity.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2021

Multiple research teams, including mine, are monitoring these specific criminal activities in the principal cybercrime communities. While vaccination campaigns go ahead with different speeds in many countries multiple threat actors on the Dark Web started offering fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination certificates. on the certificate.

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