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Will cryptocurrency mining soon saturate AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud?

The Last Watchdog

Don’t look now but cryptojacking may be about to metastasize into the scourge of cloud services. You can mine them, if you have a powerful CPU. Or you can hijack other people’s computers to do the mining. LW: I can’t really use my MacBook to mine Bitcoin, can I? LW: Somehow cryptojacking arose out of this?

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Atlassian Confluence bug CVE-2022-26134 exploited in cryptocurrency mining campaign

Security Affairs

Threat actors are targeting unpatched Atlassian Confluence servers as part of an ongoing crypto mining campaign. Trend Micro researchers warn of an ongoing crypto mining campaign targeting Atlassian Confluence servers affected by the CVE-2022-26134 vulnerability. in the collaboration tool Atlassian Confluence. .

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Leveraging user-generated social media content with text-mining examples

IBM Big Data Hub

One of the best ways to take advantage of social media data is to implement text-mining programs that streamline the process. What is text mining? When used strategically, text-mining tools can transform raw data into real business intelligence , giving companies a competitive edge. How does text mining work?

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Mastermind behind 1.8 million cryptojacking scheme arrested in Ukraine

Security Affairs

million) worth of cryptocurrencies via mining activities. “The arrest comes after months of intensive collaboration between Ukrainian authorities, Europol and a cloud provider, who worked tirelessly to identify and locate the individual behind the widespread cryptojacking operation.” million) in cryptocurrencies.”

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New AlienFox toolkit harvests credentials for tens of cloud services

Security Affairs

AlienFox is a novel comprehensive toolset for harvesting credentials for multiple cloud service providers, SentinelLabs reported. AlienFox is a new modular toolkit that allows threat actors to harvest credentials for multiple cloud service providers. Many developers take credit on different iterations of the tools.”

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Threat Group TeamTNT Returns with New Cloud Attacks

eSecurity Planet

A retired threat actor has returned with new attacks aimed at the cloud, containers – and encryption keys. These cybercriminals are known for their creativity and ability to target cloud environments, as they introduced new techniques in 2020 that hadn’t been seen before. How to Protect Against Cloud, Container Threats.

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A new version of the Abcbot bot targets Chinese cloud providers

Security Affairs

Researchers spotted a new botnet named Abcbot hat that mainly targeted Chinese cloud hosting providers over the past months. Security researchers discovered a new botnet, named Abcbot , that focused on Chinese cloud hosting providers over the past months. ” concludes the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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