Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

The Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker servers to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. Crowdstrikes researchers reported that the Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. “The “a.asp” file is the actual payload in this attack. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2022

MaliBot disguises itself as a cryptocurrency mining app named “Mining X” or “The CryptoApp”, experts also observed the malicious code masqueraded as “MySocialSecurity” and “Chrome” apps. ” Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2024-27198 in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. In other instances analyzed by Trend Micro, threat actors deployed a variant of the open-source XMRig cryptocurrency-mining malware to vulnerable TeamCity servers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

In April, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) previously warned of attacks carried out by APT groups targeting Fortinet FortiOS servers using multiple exploits. In the attack analyzed by the experts the hackers have created “SynchronizeTimeZone” task.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. The activity of the TeamTNT group has been detailed by security firm Trend Micro, but in August experts from Cado Security discovered that that botnet is also able to target misconfigured Kubernetes installations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

These files have been identified as variants of the XMRIG cryptocurrency mining software. Secure credentials by restricting where accounts and credentials can be used. ” reads the Malware Analysis Report (AR22-320A) published by CISA. ” reads the joint advisory. Audit domain controllers. In June, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2020

Cybersecurity researchers at Intezer spotted a new completely undetectable Linux malware , dubbed Doki , that exploits undocumented evasion techniques while targeting publicly accessible Docker servers. “ Ngrok Mining Botnet is an active campaign targeting exposed Docker servers in AWS, Azure, and other cloud platforms.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

million cryptojacking scheme arrested in Ukraine Cybercrime Cryptojacker arrested in Ukraine over EUR 1.8

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

The bot focuses on cryptocurrency mining and cryptocurrency theft via clipboard hijacking. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

The attacks were monitored by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, who discovered that the Docker Engine honeypots deployed between February 27 and March 1 were compromised and used in the DDoS attacks. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites. This assessment is made with high confidence based on the targeted websites.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Looney Tunables Linux vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Kinsing actors often exploited the PHPUnit vulnerability ( CVE-2017-9841 ) and it engaged in fully automated attacks as part of mining cryptocurrency.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2023

rail and locomotive company Wabtec hit with Lockbit ransomware Synology fixes multiple critical vulnerabilities in its routers Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) shut down the mill after a ransomware attack BitRAT campaign relies on stolen sensitive bank data as a lure Does Volvo Cars suffer a new data breach?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

” The botnet is engaged in cryptomining activity, the malicious code has been designed to hijack the computer’s resources to mine cryptocurrencies. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2022

The crimeware allows operators to steal information from infected systems and abuse its resources to mine Monero. The malicious code is able to harvest system metadata and information stored by popular web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Opera GX.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

ViperSoftX uses more sophisticated encryption and anti-analysis techniques Atomic macOS Stealer is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month CISA warns of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT service in Italy after meeting Garante Privacy’s demands Cisco discloses a bug in the Prime Collaboration Deployment (..)

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

The SEC said that under First American’s remediation policies, if the person responsible for fixing the problem is unable to do so based on the timeframes listed above, that employee must have their management contact the company’s information security department to discuss their remediation plan and proposed time estimate.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The resource contains information for the mining activity, the researchers identified a self-compiled version of the XMrig open-source miner containing information such as username, password, algorithm, and mining pool.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

In September 2021, Trend Micro researchers spotted crypto-mining campaigns that were actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical remote code execution vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence deployments across Windows and Linux. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2022

“As for the fake cryptocurrency miner apps, their operators not only try to profit from their victims by duping them into buying fake cloud-based cryptocurrency-mining services, but they also try to harvest private keys and other sensitive cryptocurrency-related information from users who are interested in what they offer.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 18, 2021

The new Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Jen Easterly, opened Day 2 of Black Hat USA 2021 with a remote presentation on Hacking the Cybersecurity Puzzle. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is relatively new. Easterly began by presenting her bio. There are 3.5

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2021

Researchers have discovered a strain of cryptocurrency-mining malware, tracked as Crackonosh, that abuses Windows Safe mode to avoid detection. . The final stage of the Crackonosh attack chain is the installation of the coinminer XMRig to mine the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Sopra Steria is a member of France’s Cyber Campus , a French initiative to spread cybersecurity awareness, training, and product sales. A few days before, EVRAZ , one of the world’s largest multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining companies, has been hit by the Ryuk ransomware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

In September, Trend Micro researchers spotted crypto-mining campaigns that were actively exploiting another critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-26084 , in Atlassian Confluence deployments across Windows and Linux.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

One of the threat types that surfaced and thrived since the introduction of cryptocurrency, cryptojackers are mining malware that hijacks and consumes a target’s device resources for the former’s gain and without the latter’s knowledge or consent. Below is a list of threats that are currently leveraging cryptocurrency: Cryptojackers.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

This week, we discuss new reports from Cisco, McAfee and the CSIS, and Big Brother Watch, and hear more about malicious Monero mining. Cyber security reports are a bit like the proverbial London omnibus: you seem to wait for ages, then several come along at once. Here are this week’s stories. It was a paltry $24.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Bleeping Computer, citing a source in the cybersecurity industry, confirmed that Steelcase suffered a Ryuk ransomware attack. A few days before, EVRAZ , one of the world’s largest multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining companies, has been hit by the Ryuk ransomware.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2020

. “Around 1:30AM UTC on May 3rd, 2020 an attacker used a CVE in our saltstack master to gain access to our infrastructure (please see [link] for more information). Administrators should install the available security updates to protect their installs. This affects both Ghost(Pro) sites and Ghost.org billing services.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2021

At least in one case, the researchers noticed that attackers deployed a popular cryptocurrency mining container, kannix/monero-miner, a circumstance that suggests an ongoing hacking campaign in the wild.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

Experts discovered an announcement made on April 20, 2021 by the administrators of a hacking forum that inviting participants into proposing new techniques to steal private keys and wallets, devise unusual cryptocurrency mining software, compromise smart contracts and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2022

Curiously the group noticed the presence of a Monero cryptominer XMR on Ak Bars Holdings, it is not clear if the company was mining cryptocurrency or was previously compromised by a criminal organization that abused its resources. OJSC Ak Bars Holding, has now been breached. Data included is similar to that of the Sberbank.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2022

The phishing messages sent to the journalists contained a link to ZIP archives containing LNK files, both named ‘Kang Min-chol edits’ (Kang Min-chol is North Korea’s Minister of Mining Industries). The archive was hosted on the domain dailynk[.]us us which impersonates NK News (dailynk[.]com), ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

On executing the above shell script (hash: 05a65e666492dd8ec5ab0985e5395967bc7bed03e9aaca11cdb9351873093382), the Xmrig miner gets downloaded from github and mining gets started (see Figure 8). The main objective of kinsing is to mine cryptocurrency on the vulnerable servers. Figure 9: xmrig getting downloaded.

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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. Experts defined DirtyMoe as a complex malware that has been designed as a modular system.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

million customers impacted. million customers impacted.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Experts warn of a large-scale cryptocurrency mining campaign exploiting Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control ( RBAC ). Cloud security firm Aqua discovered a large-scale cryptocurrency mining campaign exploiting Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control ( RBAC ) to create backdoors and run miners.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2021

Their goal here is perfectly aligned with mine and, I dare say, with the goals of most people reading this: to protect people from account takeovers by proactively warning them when their password has been compromised.” ” reads the post published by Hunt.

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