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Microsoft warns of Dexphot miner, an interesting polymorphic threat

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Security experts at Microsoft analyzed a new strain of cryptocurrency miner tracked as Dexphot that has been active since at least October 2018. The malicious code abuse of the resources of the infected machine to mine cryptocurrency , according to the experts it has already infected 80,000 computers worldwide.

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Prometei, a new modular crypto-mining botnet exploits Windows SMB

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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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Microsoft warns of Dexphot miner, an interesting polymorphic threat

Prometei, a new modular crypto-mining botnet exploits Windows SMB

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