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

Security Affairs

“I suspect it’s probably a derivate of other IoT crypto mining botnets,” Cashdollar told The Register. “This one seems to target enterprise systems.” System administrators need to employ security best practices with the systems they manage.” ” Cashdollar concludes.

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On the Twitter Hack

Schneier on Security

Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system administrators. Class breaks are endemic to computerized systems, and they're not something that we as users can defend against with better personal security. Your guess is as good as mine.