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No, I Did Not Hack Your MS Exchange Server

Krebs on Security

The Shadowserver Foundation , a nonprofit that helps network owners identify and fix security threats , says it has found 21,248 different Exchange servers which appear to be compromised by a backdoor and communicating with brian[.]krebsonsecurity[.]top krebsonsecurity[.]top top (NOT a safe domain, hence the hobbling).

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TeamTNT is back and targets servers to run Bitcoin encryption solvers

Security Affairs

In the first week of September, AquaSec researchers identified at least three different attacks targeting their honeypots, the experts associated them with the cybercrime gang TeamTNT. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and targets Docker installs.

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Cryptojacking campaign uses Shodan to scan for Docker hosts to hack

Security Affairs

This script also starts an SSH daemon inside the container for remote communication.” “The script then calls a Monero coin-mining binary, darwin (detected as PUA.Linux.XMRMiner.AA), to run in the background. It also checks if the Docker host already runs a cryptocurrency-mining container and delete it if it exists.

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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. All internet communications, including SSL and SSH, rely on private and public keys for encryption. Also read: Top Container Security Solutions.

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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).

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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.”

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Q&A: How emulating attacks in a live environment can more pervasively protect complex networks

The Last Watchdog

Spirent Communications , an 82-year-old British supplier of network performance testing equipment, recently decided to branch into cybersecurity services by tackling this dilemma head on. We’ve set up honeypots around the world, which we use to harvest and categorize malware. But it has also become a delicate balancing act.