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Google has updated the Play Store Developer Policy page to ban mobile mining apps that mine cryptocurrencies using the computational resources of the devices. Following Apple’s decision of banning cryptocurrency mining apps announced in June, also Google has updated the Play Store Developer Policy page to ban mobile apps that mine cryptocurrencies using the computational resources of the devices. Securi ty Affairs – mining apps, Google). MORE
After gaining control of the coin-mining software, the malware replaces the wallet address the computer owner uses to collect newly minted currency with an address controlled by the attacker. This is a clever attack. From then on, the attacker receives all coins generated, and owners are none the wiser unless they take time to manually inspect their software configuration. So far it hasn't been very profitable, but it -- or some later version -- eventually will be. MORE
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 MORE
com , a cryptocurrency mining service that has been heavily abused to force hacked Web sites to mine virtual currency. Coinhive took a whopping 30 percent of the cut of all Monero currency mined by its code, and this presented something of a conflict of interest when it came to stopping the rampant abuse of its platform. Trouble was, killing the key did nothing to stop Coinhive’s code from continuing to mine Monero on a hacked site. MORE
Even though data mining and text mining are often seen as complementary analytic processes that solve business problems through data analysis, they differ on the type of data they handle. While data mining handles structured data – highly formatted data such as in databases or ERP systems – text mining deals with unstructured textual data … The post What’s the difference between data mining and text mining? MORE
Prometei is a crypto-mining botnet that recently appeared in the threat landscape, it exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements. move laterally across systems while covertly mining for cryptocurrency. . MORE
The feature, criticized for "undisclosed data-mining," is only the latest privacy faux pas for Zoom this month. Privacy Vulnerabilities Web Security Data Mining Data security disabled LinkedIn linkedin feature navigator public response removes Security issues zoom zoom data zoom security MORE
Researchers Found Images on Docker Hub That Contained Cryptominers A recently uncovered cryptomining scheme used malicious Docker images to hide cryptocurrency mining code, according to an analysis from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 MORE
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 MORE
Decatur County General Hospital is notifying 24,000 patients of cryptocurrency mining software on its EMR system MORE
Two hacking groups associated with large-scale crypto mining campaigns, Pacha Group and Rocke Group , wage war to compromise as much as possible cloud-based infrastructure. Researchers at Intezer Labs continued to monitor this cybercrime group and discovered that it is also targeting cloud-based environments and working to disrupt operations of other crypto-mining groups, such as the Rocke Group. MORE
Experts warn of ongoing attacks targeting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices to abuse them in cryptocurrency mining. The mining program is composed of unity_install.sh The malware was designed to abuse NAS resources and mine cryptocurrency. MORE
Do healthcare entities face a growing risk of being hit with cryptocurrency mining attacks, which have become more common in other sectors? Are More Healthcare Sector Entities at Risk? A Tennessee hospital may be the first victim in the sector, and some security experts predict many more such incidents MORE
Not that long-ago, social media was the “new kid on the block,” something we used to share photos with distant family members, comment … The post Is social media being mined for insider threats? This blog is co-authored by Annie John and Todd Cernetic. MORE
Data mining can help enterprises identify anomalies, patterns, and correlations within large unstructured data sets to predict business outcomes. Analytics Data management Data mining MORE
A water utility in Europe has been infected by cryptocurrency mining software. This is a relatively new attack : hackers compromise computers and force them to mine cryptocurrency for them. It seems that this mining software is benign, and doesn't affect the performance of the hacked computer. (A This is the first time I've seen it infect SCADA systems, though. A smart virus doesn't kill its host.) But that's not going to always be the case. MORE
Researchers Say Users Paid Fees for Fake Mining Services Google has removed eight fake crypto-mining apps from its Play Store, but security researchers have flagged 120 similar apps still available on the store, according to Trend Micro. MORE
The Ukrainian Secret Service is investigating the case of employees at a nuclear power plant that connected its system online to mine cryp tocurrency. The Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) launched an investigation after employees at a local nuclear power plant connected some systems of the internal network to the Internet to mine cryptocurrency. On July 10, agents of the SBU raided the nuclear power plant and discovered the equipment used by the employees to mining cryptocurrency. MORE
Expert Says Virtual Currency Systems Leak Useful Data to Track Criminals Experts have long warned that bitcoin is not as private as it appears. The very design of bitcoin, as well as some other virtual currencies, can lend a surprising amount of information about the groups using it to transact. In fact, it's sometimes easier to track than if criminals used the banking system MORE
Images on Docker Hub Contained Cryptominers A recently uncovered cryptomining scheme used malicious Docker images to hijack organizations’ computing resources to mine cryptocurrency, according to the cybersecurity firm Aqua Security MORE
Additionally, the campaign is sophisticated in seeking to detect, analyse and neutralise other competing crypto-mining malware. I’ve been following the Monero mining pool address used in the Ngrok campaign and regularly checking for other research references on the internet. Firstly nearly all attacks observed were Crypto-mining attackers. Enumerate all processes and immediately kill any that meet a pre-defined kill list (other mining processes). MORE
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%. MORE
The botnet's main purpose was mining monero cryptocurrency ESET: 'VictoryGate' Infected 35,000 Devices VictoryGate, a recently discovered botnet that infected about 35,000 devices with malware, has been disabled by researchers from security firm ESET. MORE
Hackers successfully breached the servers of a popular blogging platform and used them to mine cryptocurrency. As of May 4, Ghost announced that it had successfully purged the cryptocurrency mining malware from its systems. MORE
Mining has been a vital part of Alaska’s economy for hundreds of years. Often when we think of mining in Alaska, we think of gold mining and the gold rush of the late 1800s. This was the first significant coal mining operation undertaken by Americans on the Alaskan Peninsula. MORE
Researchers warn that the Hildegard malware is part of 'one of the most complicated attacks targeting Kubernetes.'. Hacks Vulnerabilities MORE
Interesting paper " A first look at browser-based cryptojacking ": Abstract : In this paper, we examine the recent trend towards in-browser mining of cryptocurrencies; in particular, the mining of Monero through Coinhive and similar code-bases. In this model, a user visiting a website will download a JavaScript code that executes client-side in her browser, mines a cryptocurrency, typically without her consent or knowledge, and pays out the seigniorage to the website. MORE
Xbox eavesdropping, email scammers, and more of the week's top security news. Security Security / Security News MORE
and Australian governments, have been turning their visitors' computers into mining machines to harvest the virtual currency Monero. The security lapse continues the recent trend of cryptocurrency mining malware overtaking ransomware Security of Code Pushed by Content Delivery Networks Remains Ongoing Concern More than 4,200 websites, some belonging to the U.S., MORE
Researchers warn of a spike in the cryptocurrency-mining botnet since August 2020. Vulnerabilities Web Security AMD attack spike bluekeep botnet brute force Cisco Talos COVID-19 Cryptocurrency cryptomining DNS GTX lemon duck Linux Monero Nvidia RDP Windows MORE
The popular code repository hosting service GitHub is investigating a crypto-mining campaign abusing its infrastructure. Code repository hosting service GitHub launched an investigation in a series of attacks aimed at abusing its infrastructure to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. MORE
That’s … The post Release 16 EP5 gives Magellan more text mining power and better user experience appeared first on OpenText Blogs. Analytics AI Captiva Dutch EP5 Hadoop Italian magellan Magellan Text Mining OpenText Analytics OpenText Captiva Capture OpenText Magellan Qfiniti semantic metadata smart UI text mining unstructured data web crawlersAnalytics are no longer just a matter of “crunching the numbers” in a database or spreadsheet. MORE
Microsoft uncovered a malicious campaign targeting Kubeflow workloads to deploy TensorFlow pods that are used to mine cryptocurrency. Microsoft researchers uncovered a malicious campaign targeting Kubeflow workloads to deploy TensorFlow pods that are used to mine for cryptocurrency. MORE
Researchers: 'PGMiner' Malware Uses Brute-Force Methods to Guess Passwords Researchers with Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 are tracking a relatively new cryptomining botnet called "PGMiner," which is targeting PostgreSQL database servers to illegally mine for monero. MORE
Cryptojacking malware allows threat actors to secretly mine for cryptocurrency abusing computational resources of the infected devices. The post Microsoft Defender uses Intel TDT technology against crypto-mining malware appeared first on Security Affairs. MORE
A federal appellate court ruled that mining and aggregating user data publicly posted to social media sites is allowable by law. In an opinion released earlier this month, the 9th Circuit U.S.Court of Appeals upheld an injunction against employment-centric social network LinkedIn from blocking access to hiQ, a data mining company that sells aggregated user information. . The post Court Rules in Favor of Mining LinkedIn User Data appeared first on Adam Levin. MORE
The malware takes aim at PostgreSQL database servers with never-before-seen techniques. Cloud Security Malware Vulnerabilities botnet cryptomining CVE-2019-9193 database servers Linux Malware analysis Monero Palo Alto PGMiner PostgreSQL RCE remote code execution security vulnerability Unit 42 MORE
But if the viability of ransomware as a criminal business model should decline, expect those attackers to quickly embrace something else, such as illicitly mining for cryptocurrency If Ransomware Should Decline as a Viable Criminal Business Model, What Comes Next? MORE
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. Cybercriminals have shifted their focus to burrowing onto company servers and then redirecting those corporate computing resources to crypto mining chores. Arsene: It’s important to understand that crypto mining may seem benign. MORE
When cryptojacking, criminal hackers use enterprise computers to mine cryptocurrencies like bitcoin without the organization’s knowledge or consent, escaping the upfront costs of buying computers or computer processing power for the job. Illicit cryptominers seize a computer’s or device’s processor to mine the cryptocurrency. MORE
Crooks exploit CVE-2019-18935 deserialization vulnerability to achieve remote code execution in Blue Mockingbird Monero-Mining campaign. Each payload comes compiled with a standard list of commonly used Monero-mining domains alongside a Monero wallet address,” continues the analysis. “So MORE
Mining Related Topics Data Breach Today
AUGUST 24, 2021
Researchers Say Users Paid Fees for Fake Mining Services Google has removed eight fake crypto-mining apps from its Play Store, but security researchers have flagged 120 similar apps still available on the store, according to Trend Micro.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 13, 2021
Images on Docker Hub Contained Cryptominers A recently uncovered cryptomining scheme used malicious Docker images to hijack organizations’ computing resources to mine cryptocurrency, according to the cybersecurity firm Aqua Security
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Data Breach Today
JULY 16, 2021
But if the viability of ransomware as a criminal business model should decline, expect those attackers to quickly embrace something else, such as illicitly mining for cryptocurrency If Ransomware Should Decline as a Viable Criminal Business Model, What Comes Next?
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Researchers: 'PGMiner' Malware Uses Brute-Force Methods to Guess Passwords Researchers with Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 are tracking a relatively new cryptomining botnet called "PGMiner," which is targeting PostgreSQL database servers to illegally mine for monero.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 26, 2020
Researchers Found Images on Docker Hub That Contained Cryptominers A recently uncovered cryptomining scheme used malicious Docker images to hide cryptocurrency mining code, according to an analysis from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42
Data Breach Today
APRIL 24, 2020
The botnet's main purpose was mining monero cryptocurrency ESET: 'VictoryGate' Infected 35,000 Devices VictoryGate, a recently discovered botnet that infected about 35,000 devices with malware, has been disabled by researchers from security firm ESET.
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
Threatpost
APRIL 2, 2020
The feature, criticized for "undisclosed data-mining," is only the latest privacy faux pas for Zoom this month. Privacy Vulnerabilities Web Security Data Mining Data security disabled LinkedIn linkedin feature navigator public response removes Security issues zoom zoom data zoom security
Security Affairs
JUNE 9, 2021
Microsoft uncovered a malicious campaign targeting Kubeflow workloads to deploy TensorFlow pods that are used to mine cryptocurrency. Microsoft researchers uncovered a malicious campaign targeting Kubeflow workloads to deploy TensorFlow pods that are used to mine for cryptocurrency.
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%.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
and Australian governments, have been turning their visitors' computers into mining machines to harvest the virtual currency Monero. The security lapse continues the recent trend of cryptocurrency mining malware overtaking ransomware Security of Code Pushed by Content Delivery Networks Remains Ongoing Concern More than 4,200 websites, some belonging to the U.S.,
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Schneier on Security
JANUARY 23, 2018
After gaining control of the coin-mining software, the malware replaces the wallet address the computer owner uses to collect newly minted currency with an address controlled by the attacker. This is a clever attack. From then on, the attacker receives all coins generated, and owners are none the wiser unless they take time to manually inspect their software configuration. So far it hasn't been very profitable, but it -- or some later version -- eventually will be.
Security Affairs
MAY 10, 2020
Crooks exploit CVE-2019-18935 deserialization vulnerability to achieve remote code execution in Blue Mockingbird Monero-Mining campaign. Each payload comes compiled with a standard list of commonly used Monero-mining domains alongside a Monero wallet address,” continues the analysis. “So
Security Affairs
APRIL 3, 2021
The popular code repository hosting service GitHub is investigating a crypto-mining campaign abusing its infrastructure. Code repository hosting service GitHub launched an investigation in a series of attacks aimed at abusing its infrastructure to illicitly mine cryptocurrency.
Security Affairs
MARCH 8, 2021
Experts warn of ongoing attacks targeting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices to abuse them in cryptocurrency mining. The mining program is composed of unity_install.sh The malware was designed to abuse NAS resources and mine cryptocurrency.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 22, 2018
Additionally, the campaign is sophisticated in seeking to detect, analyse and neutralise other competing crypto-mining malware. I’ve been following the Monero mining pool address used in the Ngrok campaign and regularly checking for other research references on the internet. Firstly nearly all attacks observed were Crypto-mining attackers. Enumerate all processes and immediately kill any that meet a pre-defined kill list (other mining processes).
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? Are More Healthcare Sector Entities at Risk? A Tennessee hospital may be the first victim in the sector, and some security experts predict many more such incidents
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
com , a cryptocurrency mining service that has been heavily abused to force hacked Web sites to mine virtual currency. Coinhive took a whopping 30 percent of the cut of all Monero currency mined by its code, and this presented something of a conflict of interest when it came to stopping the rampant abuse of its platform. Trouble was, killing the key did nothing to stop Coinhive’s code from continuing to mine Monero on a hacked site.
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
Threatpost
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Researchers warn of a spike in the cryptocurrency-mining botnet since August 2020. Vulnerabilities Web Security AMD attack spike bluekeep botnet brute force Cisco Talos COVID-19 Cryptocurrency cryptomining DNS GTX lemon duck Linux Monero Nvidia RDP Windows
OpenText Information Management
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Not that long-ago, social media was the “new kid on the block,” something we used to share photos with distant family members, comment … The post Is social media being mined for insider threats? This blog is co-authored by Annie John and Todd Cernetic.
Adam Levin
MAY 5, 2020
Hackers successfully breached the servers of a popular blogging platform and used them to mine cryptocurrency. As of May 4, Ghost announced that it had successfully purged the cryptocurrency mining malware from its systems.
Threatpost
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The malware takes aim at PostgreSQL database servers with never-before-seen techniques. Cloud Security Malware Vulnerabilities botnet cryptomining CVE-2019-9193 database servers Linux Malware analysis Monero Palo Alto PGMiner PostgreSQL RCE remote code execution security vulnerability Unit 42
Security Affairs
JULY 28, 2018
Google has updated the Play Store Developer Policy page to ban mobile mining apps that mine cryptocurrencies using the computational resources of the devices. Following Apple’s decision of banning cryptocurrency mining apps announced in June, also Google has updated the Play Store Developer Policy page to ban mobile apps that mine cryptocurrencies using the computational resources of the devices. Securi ty Affairs – mining apps, Google).
Security Affairs
MAY 12, 2019
Two hacking groups associated with large-scale crypto mining campaigns, Pacha Group and Rocke Group , wage war to compromise as much as possible cloud-based infrastructure. Researchers at Intezer Labs continued to monitor this cybercrime group and discovered that it is also targeting cloud-based environments and working to disrupt operations of other crypto-mining groups, such as the Rocke Group.
Security Affairs
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. move laterally across systems while covertly mining for cryptocurrency. .
Security Affairs
APRIL 27, 2021
Cryptojacking malware allows threat actors to secretly mine for cryptocurrency abusing computational resources of the infected devices. The post Microsoft Defender uses Intel TDT technology against crypto-mining malware appeared first on Security Affairs.
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. In an opinion released earlier this month, the 9th Circuit U.S.Court of Appeals upheld an injunction against employment-centric social network LinkedIn from blocking access to hiQ, a data mining company that sells aggregated user information. . The post Court Rules in Favor of Mining LinkedIn User Data appeared first on Adam Levin.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Researchers warn that the Hildegard malware is part of 'one of the most complicated attacks targeting Kubernetes.'. Hacks Vulnerabilities
Data Breach Today
JUNE 4, 2018
Expert Says Virtual Currency Systems Leak Useful Data to Track Criminals Experts have long warned that bitcoin is not as private as it appears. The very design of bitcoin, as well as some other virtual currencies, can lend a surprising amount of information about the groups using it to transact. In fact, it's sometimes easier to track than if criminals used the banking system
Schneier on Security
MARCH 21, 2018
Interesting paper " A first look at browser-based cryptojacking ": Abstract : In this paper, we examine the recent trend towards in-browser mining of cryptocurrencies; in particular, the mining of Monero through Coinhive and similar code-bases. In this model, a user visiting a website will download a JavaScript code that executes client-side in her browser, mines a cryptocurrency, typically without her consent or knowledge, and pays out the seigniorage to the website.
Information Management Resources
JANUARY 6, 2020
Data mining can help enterprises identify anomalies, patterns, and correlations within large unstructured data sets to predict business outcomes. Analytics Data management Data mining
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
A water utility in Europe has been infected by cryptocurrency mining software. This is a relatively new attack : hackers compromise computers and force them to mine cryptocurrency for them. It seems that this mining software is benign, and doesn't affect the performance of the hacked computer. (A This is the first time I've seen it infect SCADA systems, though. A smart virus doesn't kill its host.) But that's not going to always be the case.
OpenText Information Management
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
That’s … The post Release 16 EP5 gives Magellan more text mining power and better user experience appeared first on OpenText Blogs. Analytics AI Captiva Dutch EP5 Hadoop Italian magellan Magellan Text Mining OpenText Analytics OpenText Captiva Capture OpenText Magellan Qfiniti semantic metadata smart UI text mining unstructured data web crawlersAnalytics are no longer just a matter of “crunching the numbers” in a database or spreadsheet.
InfoGoTo
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
When cryptojacking, criminal hackers use enterprise computers to mine cryptocurrencies like bitcoin without the organization’s knowledge or consent, escaping the upfront costs of buying computers or computer processing power for the job. Illicit cryptominers seize a computer’s or device’s processor to mine the cryptocurrency.
Unwritten Record
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Mining has been a vital part of Alaska’s economy for hundreds of years. Often when we think of mining in Alaska, we think of gold mining and the gold rush of the late 1800s. This was the first significant coal mining operation undertaken by Americans on the Alaskan Peninsula.
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. Cybercriminals have shifted their focus to burrowing onto company servers and then redirecting those corporate computing resources to crypto mining chores. Arsene: It’s important to understand that crypto mining may seem benign.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 24, 2019
Xbox eavesdropping, email scammers, and more of the week's top security news. Security Security / Security News
Security Affairs
AUGUST 23, 2019
The Ukrainian Secret Service is investigating the case of employees at a nuclear power plant that connected its system online to mine cryp tocurrency. The Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) launched an investigation after employees at a local nuclear power plant connected some systems of the internal network to the Internet to mine cryptocurrency. On July 10, agents of the SBU raided the nuclear power plant and discovered the equipment used by the employees to mining cryptocurrency.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Decatur County General Hospital is notifying 24,000 patients of cryptocurrency mining software on its EMR system
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