Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Emerging threats Cybercrime often exploits precisely the lack of regulation and centralized controls of cryptocurrencies to deceive investors and embezzle funds through various forms of phishing, investment scams, digital wallet theft, ransomware, and illegal mining. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

At least one ransomware operator appears to have exploited the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability affecting Oracle WebLogic. At least one ransomware operator appears is exploiting the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic. 30th) attempting to install crypto-mining tools.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Office furniture company Steelcase was hit by Ryuk ransomware attack that forced it to shut down its network to avoid the malware from spreading. The company is the last victim of the Ryuk ransomware operators, the attack forced the firm to shut down its network to avoid the malware from spreading. billion in 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

The City of Durham, North Carolina, was the last victim in order of time of the infamous Ryuk ransomware that infected its systems. The City of Durham, North Carolina was forced to shut down its network after its systems have been infected with the Ryuk Ransomware during the weekend. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ryuk ransomware).

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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. ” concludes the report.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Finally, have we reached ‘peak ransomware’? After all, why lock users’ machines and demand a ransom that they might not even pay when you can just infect their machine with software that mines for cryptocurrency without their knowledge? Wait a moment – cryptocurrency mining ? Ed Balls day is 28 April.).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A new malware campaign targets Redis servers to deploy the mining crypto miner Migo on compromised Linux hosts. Caro Security researchers have observed a new malware campaign targeting Redis servers with a crypto miner dubbed Migo. The attackers continue to improve their capability to exploit web-facing services.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The malware uses the modules for storing its configuration, upgrading and uninstalling itself, establishing a reverse proxy, harvesting credentials, performing reconnaissance and files, taking screenshots, executing processes, recording microphone input, and mining for Monero. “What was the real purpose? That remains a mystery.

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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

JULY 16, 2022

The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 374 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

Admin of the BreachForums hacking forum sentenced to 20 years supervised release Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT hacked Microsoft corporate emails VF Corp December data breach impacts 35 million customers China-linked APT UNC3886 exploits VMware zero-day since 2021 Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128% U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2023

Kaspersky released a new decryptor for Conti-based ransomware US govt agencies released a joint alert on the Lockbit 3.0 Kaspersky released a new decryptor for Conti-based ransomware US govt agencies released a joint alert on the Lockbit 3.0

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2021

ransomware gang BlackMatter ransomware also targets VMware ESXi servers Conti ransomware affiliate leaked gang’s training material and tools Conti Leak Indicators – What to block, in your SOC…. If you want to also receive for free the international pre ss subscribe here.

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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

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

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Upon compromising the devices, the miner will create a new process named [oom_reaper] that allows threat actors to mine Bitcoin. In August, a new variant of the eCh0raix ransomware targeted the devices of the Taiwanese companies QNAP and Synology. “A bitcoin miner has been reported to target QNAP NAS.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2023

” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, DarkGate ) The post DarkGate malware campaign abuses Skype and Teams appeared first on Security Affairs. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. The report’s findings reveal that email remains the main method of delivering ransomware, banking Trojans, and backdoors. The revival of ransomware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Uptycs researchers have observed attacks related to miners, DDOS malware and some variants of ransomware actively leveraging LogforShell flaw in log4j. So far we have observed attacks related to coinminers, DDOS malware and some variants of ransomware actively leveraging this vulnerability. Linux Ransomware. Coinminers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

QNAP is warning customers of a new piece of malware dubbed Dovecat that is targeting NAS devices to mine cryptocurrency. Taiwanese vendor QNAP has published a security advisory to warn customers of a new piece of malware named Dovecat that is targeting NAS devices. “QNAP Systems, Inc.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2021

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

According to the researchers, this crypto-malware was recently employed in several campaigns to deliver information stealers, RATs, and ransomware like LockBit. In one of the attacks analyzed by Morphisec, threat actor sent decoy messages to potential victims via Discord channels related to games such as Mines of Dalarnia.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. million customers impacted. million customers impacted. million customers impacted.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2023

shc executables are typically used as loaders and prepare the system for mining via Diicot’s custom fork of XMRig, along with registering persistence.” . “Diicot campaigns generally involve a long execution chain, with individual payloads and their outputs forming interdependent relationships.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

“While the botnet itself is not new, Microsoft’s IoT security researchers recently discovered that Mozi has evolved to achieve persistence on network gateways manufactured by Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE.” state researchers at Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence Center and Section 52 at Azure Defender for IoT. “By

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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. Ransomware.

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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 malware authors are able to add more modules and expand their capabilities easily, and potentially even shift to another payload objective, more destructive than just mining Monero.” ” concludes the report.

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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). Threat actors could exploit the two vulnerabilities to install backdoors, miners, and ransomware in the compromised infrastructures.

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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

MAY 17, 2020

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

The Retadup bot has been around since at least 2015, it was involved in several malicious campaigns aimed at delivering malware such as information stealers, ransomware and miners. The highest number of infection was in Peru, followed by Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico and Ecuador. ” continues Avast.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Graboid is the first-ever Cryptojacking worm found in images on Docker Hub, the analysis conducted by the experts shows that, on average, each miner is active 63% of the time, with the mining periods being of 250 seconds. The experts noticed that the malware randomly selects three targets at each iteration. ” continues the analysis. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

” A new wave of attacks could exploit the vulnerability to spread more dangerous and destructive malware, like ransomware or spyware. Below the Tweet published by Microsoft: While we currently see only coin miners being dropped, we agree w/ the research community that CVE-2019-0708 (BlueKeep) exploitation can be big.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. At least 23 Texas local governments targeted by coordinated ransomware attacks. Employees abused systems at Ukrainian nuclear power plant to mine cryptocurrency.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events.

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