Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

This directory contains the crypto mining module named kswapd0. In this folder, the first one to be executed is the file “a”. The script looks like the following: Figure 5: Content of the “a” file. The executed crypto miner is the file named “” kswapd0 ” based on the famous XMRIG monero crypto miner.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

Prometei is a crypto-mining botnet that recently appeared in the threat landscape, it exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements. Security experts from Cisco Talos discovered a new crypto-mining botnet, tracked as Prometei, that exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 3, 2021

. — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 2, 2021 If you're not familiar with hashing, how it's not the same as encryption and how it can still leave passwords vulnerable, read this primer from September first. This (almost always) identifies you, it's literally how people communicate with *you*! Coincidence? Or real breach?

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