Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2023

The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) was hit with a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) announced to have suffered a ransomware attack late on December 27, 2022, which impacted its operation. . It is still unclear if there was a data breach.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Wave of Attacks Affects ShellBot, Tsunami, ChinaZ DDoS Bot and XMRig CoinMiner Hackers are targeting Linux Secure Shell servers to install tools for port scanning and dictionary attacks to compromise other vulnerable servers, forming a network for cryptocurrency mining and distributed denial-of-service attacks, say researchers at AhnLab Security Emergency (..)

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Do healthcare entities face a growing risk of being hit with cryptocurrency mining attacks, which have become more common in other sectors? A Tennessee hospital may be the first victim in the sector, and some security experts predict many more such incidents. Are More Healthcare Sector Entities at Risk?

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 17, 2023

Any issues with these applications can lead to decreased productivity, wasted time and potential security risks. Auto-discovery tools like process mining — a tool gaining popularity with organizations — does just that. Process mining is an ideal solution to start planning for automation.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Illicit crypto mining is advancing apace. It began when threat actors began stealthily embedding crypto mining functionality into the web browsers of unwitting individuals. Related article: Illicit crypto mining hits cloud services. It’s likely IT and security teams won’t find the infection for months.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 3, 2018

Researchers: Attackers Have Compromised More Than 209,000 Routers Attackers have targeted a patched vulnerability to exploit more than 209,000 carrier-grade routers made by Latvian manufacturer MicroTik and infect them with two types of malware - Coinhive and Crypto-Loot - designed to mine for cryptocurrency, security researchers say.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2021

The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently observed Golang-based worm dropping cryptominer binaries which use the MSR (Model Specific Register) driver to disable hardware prefetchers and increase the speed of the mining process by 15%. This is done to boost the miner execution performance, thereby increasing the speed of the mining process.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Specifically, it demonstrates a novel, dynamic and robust operational security model and the ability to detect and attack newly deployed and misconfigured infrastructure. Additionally, the campaign is sophisticated in seeking to detect, analyse and neutralise other competing crypto-mining malware.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2018

On the face, the damage caused by cryptojacking may appear to be mostly limited to consumers and website publishers who are getting their computing resources diverted to mining fresh units of Monero, Ethereum and Bytecoin on behalf of leeching attackers. Usually people would pay maybe a thousand dollars for the data. Bilogorskiy.

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Adam Levin

MAY 5, 2020

Hackers successfully breached the servers of a popular blogging platform and used them to mine cryptocurrency. Ghost is just one of several companies and organizations that have been compromised since the vulnerabilities were disclosed, including LineageOS, an Android-based operating system, and Digicert, a security certificate authority. .

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian , one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. All that was needed was the person’s name, address, birthday and Social Security number. states to place a security freeze on their credit files.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 4, 2021

Researchers Say Recently Uncovered Malware Targets Windows and Linux Researchers at the security firm Intezer have detected a new Golang-based worm that is targeting Windows and Linux servers with monero cryptomining malware.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

A federal appellate court ruled that mining and aggregating user data publicly posted to social media sites is allowable by law. LinkedIn sent a cease-and-desist letter to hiQ in 2017 requesting that the company stop accessing and copying data from its servers.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Related: Wildland restores control of data to individuals. However, these attacks aren’t due to exchange security flaws; malicious actors are exploiting the underlying consensus protocols of blockchains themselves. And there are security protocols which allow other blockchains to inherit Bitcoin’s security, like VeriBlock®.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2021

Cryptojacking malware allows threat actors to secretly mine for cryptocurrency abusing computational resources of the infected devices. The Intel TDT technology allows sharing heuristics and telemetry with security software that could use this data to detect the activity associated with a malicious code. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Researchers: Malware Leverages Vulnerabilities to Mine Cryptocurrency The Muhstik botnet, which has been operating for at least two years, has recently started targeting vulnerabilities in the Oracle WebLogic application server and the Drupal content management system as a way to expand its cryptocurrency mining capabilities, according to security (..)

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 28, 2019

Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is the go-to story for Data Privacy Day with its new “user-friendly” tool called Replica, which allows city planners see “how, when, and where people travel in urban areas.”. The Intercept’s explainer details a troubling use of consumer data. The problems here are legion.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Data security experts described the move as “dubious” and “outrageous”. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Researchers Say Botnet Mines for Cryptocurrency and Sends Spam Security researchers at Imperva have uncovered a botnet that attacks vulnerabilities in websites' underlying content management systems and then uses these compromised servers to mine for cryptocurrency or send spam to more victims.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2024

million) worth of cryptocurrencies via mining activities. “The suspect is believed to have mined over USD 2 million (EUR 1.8 ” An unnamed cloud service provider supported the investigation for months. “The suspect is believed to have mined over USD 2 million (EUR 1.8 million) in cryptocurrencies.”

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 16, 2019

Trend Micro Says It Moved Cranes Using RF Software Flaws Radio controllers used in the construction, mining and shipping industries are dangerously vulnerable to hackers, Trend Micro says in a new report.

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WIRED Threat Level

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Freedom of Information Act helps Americans learn what the government is up to. The Poseys exploited it—and became unlikely defenders of transparency.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

As first reported here last year , First American’s website exposed 16 years worth of digitized mortgage title insurance records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. In the days that followed, the DFS and U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Related: How AI can relieve security pros What causes spam emails? Leaked email: Companies or third-party vendors put email address security at risk when they experience data breaches. Typically, scammers want to get ahold of an email because it’s a gold mine of information. Spam emails are a security concern.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 25, 2021

Cybereason Says Russian Hacking Group Prometei is Behind the Campaign A Russian botnet group called Prometei is exploiting critical Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities to mine cryptocurrency from various organizations across the world, a new report by security firm Cybereason finds.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Hathaway breached, 41.5 The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 26, 2021

Cybereason Says Russian Hacking Group Prometei Is Behind the Campaign A Russian botnet group called Prometei is exploiting critical Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities to mine cryptocurrency across the world, a new report by security firm Cybereason finds.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2022

The blue-sky mission is to bring modern data mining and machine learning technologies to bear delivering personalized services that ameliorate not just physical ailments, but also mental and even emotional ones. I had a lively discussion with Craig Hinkley, CEO of NTT Application Security , about the thinking behind this crusade.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 21, 2023

Crypto Mining Campaign Targets Public Cloud Environments, Increases Security Risks Cybersecurity researchers say a Chinese for-profit threat group tracked as 8220 Gang is targeting cloud providers and poorly secured applications with a custom-built crypto miner and IRC bot.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2023

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2023

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 12, 2020

Researchers: Admin Shortcut May Have Opened the Door to Hackers Microsoft's Azure Security Center has detected a new hacking campaign that for the first time specifically targets the Kubeflow platform on Kubernetes and uses XMRig cryptominer to mine for monero across multiple clusters.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 385 appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2023

How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World madhav Fri, 06/23/2023 - 05:03 The Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) that operate 5G mobile broadband networks face many challenges related to their highly distributed infrastructure. This data is stored across numerous systems and platforms, including Kubernetes.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Patch it now! million cryptojacking scheme arrested in Ukraine Cybercrime Cryptojacker arrested in Ukraine over EUR 1.8

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2023

How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World madhav Fri, 06/23/2023 - 05:03 The Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) that operate 5G mobile broadband networks face many challenges related to their highly distributed infrastructure. This data is stored across numerous systems and platforms, including Kubernetes.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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