Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The malware uses the victim’s resource to mine cryptocurrency, steals cryptocurrency wallet-related files, and replaces wallet addresses in the clipboard to hijack cryptocurrency payments. Both of these programs are set up to connect to an operator-controlled mining server over the Tor proxy.” ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

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. The malware decodes the mining pools and Monero wallet addresses and updates the configuration before starting the embedded miner.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 11, 2023

The Washington Post has an article about popular printing services, and whether or not they read your documents and mine the data when you use them for printing: Ideally, printing services should avoid storing the content of your files, or at least delete daily. Some services, like the New York Public Library and PrintWithMe, do both.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 7, 2022

On June 6, 2021, Conti underling “ Begemot ” pitched Stern on a scheme to rip off a bunch of people mining virtual currencies, by launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a cryptocurrency mining pool. Find a place where crypto holders communicate (discord, etc. ). Most likely it will be IPv6.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 10, 2023

Grasping these opportunities at IBM, we’re increasingly building our specialism in process mining and data analysis tools and techniques we believe to be true ‘game changers’ when it comes to building cultures of continuous change and innovation. So how do you spot this early, and react or even prevent this in a timely and effective manner?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2021

. “These particular applications are targeted because they often run on systems that have powerful underlying hardware with significant amounts of memory and powerful CPUs—all of which allow threat actors to maximize their ability to monetize these resources through mining cryptocurrency.” Ransomware, data theft).

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2020

The ongoing Ngrok mining botnet campaign is targeting servers are hosted on popular cloud platforms, including Alibaba Cloud, Azure, and AWS. “ Ngrok Mining Botnet is an active campaign targeting exposed Docker servers in AWS, Azure, and other cloud platforms. .” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2023

The crypto-mining botnet has a modular structure and employs multiple techniques to infect systems and evade detection. Then the main module retrieves the actual crypto-mining payload and other modules, it also establishes persistence on the infected systems and ensure C2 communications.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

This malware relies on the i2p (Invisible Internet Project) anonymization network for communication. The malicious code uses i2p to download malicious components and send mined currency to the attacker’s wallet. Today, many malicious applications continue to go undetected by most AV vendors.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The malicious code relies on a built-in TOR network tunnel for C2 communications, it supports an update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket. Kaspersky discovered that the detections between 2017 and 2022 had previously misclassified as a cryptocurrency miner.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

The VictoryGate bot propagates via infected USB devices, it was designed to mine Monero abusing resourced of compromised devices, it is also able to deliver additional payloads. The malware uses a stratum/XMRig proxy to hide the mining pool and terminates the mining process when the user opens Task Manager, to avoid to show the CPU usage.

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Dark Reading

JANUARY 28, 2020

In the past few years, social media has transformed from a communications gold mine to a minefield of disinformation campaigns.

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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

JUNE 1, 2019

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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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

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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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

“IT officials are working to get the communication systems back online.” A few days ago EVRAZ , one of the world’s largest multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining companies, has been hit by the Ryuk ransomware. 911 calls, though, are being answered.”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

The agencies said crooks use the vished VPN credentials to mine the victim company databases for their customers’ personal information to leverage in other attacks. Consider using a formalized authentication process for employee-to-employee communications made over the public telephone network where a second factor is used to.

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OpenText Information Management

AUGUST 4, 2022

One of the best ways to stand out from the crowd is to know your customers – mining insights from their behaviors to improve the overall journey. In a constantly evolving landscape, how can businesses stay ahead? The future of customer experience depends on data.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

Dark Utilities is advertised as a platform to enable remote access, command execution, conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and cryptocurrency mining operations on infected systems. Dark Utilities was launched in early 2022, the platform that provides full-featured C2 capabilities to its users. ” concludes the report.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2018

However, these fraudsters don’t really care about snatching up your credentials or mine. By now, your personal information and mine has been hacked multiple times and is readily on sale in the Dark Web. This is because the digital wizardry driving modern society relies heavily on machine-to-machine communications.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. Communication with C&C servers is based on DNS requests and it uses a special mechanism translating DNS results to a real IP address. ” concludes the analysis.”

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DXC Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Cell phone and standard Wi-Fi networks do not guarantee communication everywhere. Remote areas like crop fields, mines, oceans and space also pose problems. One of the major challenges with connected devices is having a reliable network. With this in […].

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Bankman-Fried “often communicated” using chat apps that auto deleted. One way is through hijacking computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies. At the time of the bankruptcy filing, there was at least $372 million in unauthorized transfers, which may have been due to a hack or an inside job. He encouraged employees to do the same.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

But with no orderly internal framework, unstructured data defies data mining tools. Most human communication is via unstructured data; it’s messy and doesn’t fit into analytical algorithms. For structured data, users can run simple analysis tools, i.e., content searches, to find what they need. Ransomware target.

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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. Now I know why Experian has NEVER let me view my own file via their website. Please don’t confuse a credit freeze (a.k.a.

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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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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.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

“RedFoxtrot has primarily targeted aerospace and defense, government, telecommunications, mining, and research organizations in Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. located in Wuhan.” ” concludes the report.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 4, 2019

He read my communications with friends, family, and loved ones. Nothing on mine was spared. It was the digital equivalent of tossing someone's house: opening cabinets, pulling out drawers, and overturning furniture in hopes of finding something -- anything -- illegal. He also went through my personal photos, which I resented.

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IG Guru

AUGUST 29, 2018

In an age of instant communication over the internet, the fax machine is seen as an archaic piece of technology. But it could potentially prove to be a gold mine for hackers looking to steal company secrets. The post Hackers could use fax machines to take over entire networks, researchers warn appeared first on IG GURU.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Experts pointed out that the bot doesn’t contain any offensive features, such as the ability to launch DDoS attacks or to mine cryptocurrency, a circumstance that suggests the malware is under development. In the current version, each node cannot send control command to its peers. ” concludes the post.

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erwin

AUGUST 6, 2020

Gartner defines data literacy as the ability to read, write and communicate data in context, including an understanding of data sources and constructs, analytical methods and techniques applied — and the ability to describe the use case, application and resulting value. Can your employees use data to effectively communicate with each other?

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The Schedule

JUNE 23, 2020

He encouraged information management professionals to consider additional uses of records beyond their typical administrative, fiscal, and legal uses, including: marketing and communications. data mining. employee training and education. strengthening corporate identity. documenting mission and history.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

The crypto-mining has a modular structure and employes multiple techniques to infect systems and evade detection. “The different components work together to enable the malware to perform many tasks: credential harvesting, spreading across the network, establishing C2 communications and more. ” concludes the report.

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erwin

MAY 7, 2020

Those that can mine it and extract value from it will be successful, from local organizations to international governments. It helps you understand data assets visually and provides a formal practice to discover, analyze and communicate the assets within an organization. The Value of Data Architecture. Without it, progress will halt.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2020

It handles hundreds of bots, each communicating with the C&C to receive new targets, perform brute force attacks, install backdoors, and expand the size of the botnet.” ” reads the first part of two reports published by the experts detailing the DevOps implementation behind the botnet. .”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

BHProxies sells access to “residential proxy” networks, which allow someone to rent a residential IP address to use as a relay for their Internet communications, providing anonymity and the advantage of being perceived as a residential user surfing the web.

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