Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The malware is not present in Virus Total at this time, it is written in.net and its code is not signed. 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

MAY 17, 2020

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2019

Avast spotted a new strain of Clipsa malware that is used to mine and steal cryptocurrencies along with carrying out brute-force attacks on WordPress sites. Clipsa is a malware that is well known to cyber security community is able to steal cryptocurrency via clipoard hijacking and mine cryptocurrency after installing a miner. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Researchers from from Netlab, the network security division of Chinese tech giant Qihoo 360, have discovered a new botnet, tracked as HEH, that contains the code to wipe all data from infected systems, such as routers, IoT devices, and servers. The Attack function in the code is just a reserved empty function, and has not been implemented.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

to mine Monero, unlike 2019 variant, it uses a Python infection script to implement “wormable” capabilities. X.X). “Cryptojacking malware targeting the cloud is evolving as attackers understand the potential of that environment to mine for crypto coins. ” continues the analysis. Pro-Ocean deploys an XMRig miner 5.11.1

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2022

“ customers should assume broad availability of exploit code and scanning capabilities to be a real and present danger to their environments. The post Threat actors continue to exploit Log4j flaws in their attacks, Microsoft Warns appeared first on Security Affairs. ” Microsoft concludes. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

This week, we discuss the use of cryptocurrency mining software on numerous government websites, a phishing scam that robbed Bee Token investors of $1 million and cyber attacks on the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. I mentioned cyber criminals’ increasing use of cryptocurrency mining or ‘cryptomining’ software a couple of weeks ago.

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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). “Based on the presented analysis, the GOLDBACKDOOR malware shares strong technical overlaps with the BLUELIGHT malware.

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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. Easterly began by presenting her bio. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is relatively new.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

In the above image, the cronb.sh (hash: fa98add22756cc2041f1dc372c709a4039cd0d6ae000454f728e95165be08abe) shell script does the following activities onto the server: Tries to disable security monitoring agents like aliyun in the victim system. The main objective of kinsing is to mine cryptocurrency on the vulnerable servers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Xmrig is an open sourced Monero CPU Miner used to mine Monero cryptocurrency. Kinsing is a self-propagating crypto mining malware previously targeting misconfigured open Docker Daemon API ports. The post Log4j Vulnerability Aftermath appeared first on Security Affairs. Coinminers. DDoS botnet payloads. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

This week, we discuss a data breach at Mumsnet, no data breach at OkCupid, and a lawsuit against Apple for implementing security measures. Natalie Sawyer, a spokesperson for OkCupid, said: “There has been no security breach at OkCupid. Hello, and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Thursday, 14 February 2019.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

” Russia’s Roskomnadzor revealed that the proceedings protocol was signed in the presence of a representative of Twitter, while no Facebook representative was present to sign it. The post Russia’s watchdog Roskomnadzor threatens to fine Twitter and Facebook appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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ARMA International

DECEMBER 23, 2019

As memorialized in the book The Right Stuff , test pilots then had to decide whether to transition into an uncertain-yet-vaguely-familiar new career or continue along their present path. When you come right down to it, what we’re trying to do is: Find information when you need it, Leverage it and protect it, and Secure and assure it …. …

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ForAllSecure

JULY 14, 2021

You see, Mills, you see cotton gins, you see mines that have shut down, you see places and every now and then there's somewhat of a success story. Daniel: Due to some labor disputes, and, you know, mining, even open pit mining, is a rough job. And you know the hollow empty factories in different places. Besides, I was born.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files. IT governance and security. Audit management. Business resiliency.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files. IT governance and security. Audit management. Business resiliency.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2021

Sophos researchers that investigated the recently uncovered crypto-mining campaign targeting SQL servers with MrbMiner malware believe that it was conducted by an Iran-based company. Experts noticed that the same username used for the GitHub account was present on the machine used to compile the miner. Pierluigi Paganini.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

And the rest, they say is this as a reporter, I was in a position to learn as I wrote about information security. Vamosi: Welcome to the hacker mind that original podcast from for all secure. All on his own Jack discovered a security flaw in a cryptocurrency app, a flaw that opened the door to the world of bug bounties.

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CGI

JULY 5, 2018

A new and quickly spreading phenomenon is to steal computing power to mine cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrency mining uses a lot of computing power and electricity because the mathematical problems connected to mining are difficult to solve. If you pay for the electricity and devices you use, mining will be costly.

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Brandeis Records Manager

MAY 27, 2015

We were proactive with offers to present on the program at any venue. We made early acquaintances with Legal and Information Security leaders. Our initial client service engagements—managed offsite storage and retrieval, secure document shredding, digitization, and, recently, electronic redaction—began in March of 2014.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Especially in the world of security standards.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Especially in the world of security standards.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2019

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

We've seen plenty of attacks that impersonated a single brand along with a few domains used to ensure victims can be taken to a website that seeks to harvest credentials or steal personal information. But I don't think an attack of such magnitude as the one identified by security researchers at Internet security monitoring vendor Bolster.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 27, 2022

Gartner reported that 36% plan to increase spending on AI and machine learning , and 85% want to implement data-mining supported by machine learning until 2024. The digitalization of government services and processes make the growing incidence of cyber-attacks a clear and present danger for agencies. Cloud Security. Government.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

Anyone who has anyone in the information security community is usually melting under the hot Nevada sun. And by de I'm an analyst at Javelin strategy and research where I do security risk and fraud for the financial services industry. Vamosi: Welcome to the hacker mind and original podcast from for all secure.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In this episode, Stok talks about his beginnings in enterprise security and his transition into the top tier of bug bounty hunters. Vamosi: Like a lot of us, information security wasn’t necessarily our first line of work. But did you know there’s an elite group of bug bounty hunters that travel the world? and such.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In this episode, Stok talks about his beginnings in enterprise security and his transition into the top tier of bug bounty hunters. Vamosi: Like a lot of us, information security wasn’t necessarily our first line of work. But did you know there’s an elite group of bug bounty hunters that travel the world? and such.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In this episode, Stok talks about his beginnings in enterprise security and his transition into the top tier of bug bounty hunters. Vamosi: Like a lot of us, information security wasn’t necessarily our first line of work. But did you know there’s an elite group of bug bounty hunters that travel the world? and such.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

I guess the answer is what I usually say to a security question: It depends. Clearing you don’t want someone off the street coming in as a Level 2 security analyst. Then again, you might want someone --anyone -- to come in as a Level 1 security analyst so your current Level 1s can advance. Sometimes it was only 20.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Vamosi: But as someone who wrote a book questioning the security of our mass produced IoT devices, I wonder why no one bothered to test and certify these devices before they were installed? And on the other hand, we're saying security, that's a secondary concern. But we all know how security by obscurity works in the end.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 4, 2017

For context, the back story to this is that another British pollie (Damian Green) is presently in hot water for allegedly accessing porn on his gov PC and Nadine is implying it could have been someone else on his PC using his identity. needs to meet this need and be secure also. Everyone who has my login has a security pass.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

Mine was 2000. And so, myself and another individual named Rob Farrell, we were brought in to start a security team. of pleasure, or rage, where operational security levels are much lower. Daniel’s first Black HAt was in 1999. And we both know people in the industry. So that's, I would say, that's fairly rare.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Recent innovations in the attack technology, like the “BlackLotus” UEFI rootkit , have ensured that rootkits are still a very present danger to modern networks and devices. This also gives them the ability to deftly evade detection by functioning at the same security level as the OS itself. performing regular security maintenance.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2019

I've been involved with a bunch of really poorly implemented "Internet of Things" things in the past that presented serious privacy risks to those who used them. The Gator3 watch turned out to have even more serious security flaws, storing parents and kids’ voice messages on an openly available webserver. Mobiispy leaked data.

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