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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. “We don’t allow apps that mine cryptocurrency on devices,” reads the entry included in the policy. 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. MORE
com , a cryptocurrency mining service that has been heavily abused to force hacked Web sites to mine virtual currency. Trouble was, killing the key did nothing to stop Coinhive’s code from continuing to mine Monero on a hacked site. MORE
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. You can mine them, if you have a powerful CPU. Or you can hijack other people’s computers to do the mining. LW: I can’t really use my MacBook to mine Bitcoin, can I? MORE
The Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group informed its clients that it is able to scoop user data by mining from major social media. The Financial Times reported that the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group informed its clients that it is able to mine user data from major social media. 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. Analytics AI data mining magellan OpenText Magellan text mining MORE
The cryptocurrency craze rages on, and one unintended consequence is the dramatic rise of illicit cryptocurrency mining. So, quite naturally, malicious hackers are busying themselves inventing clever ways to leech computing power from unwitting victims — and directing these stolen computing cycles towards lining their pockets with freshly mined crypto cash. So naturally, cryptocurrency mining services have cropped up. 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
EHR analysis Genome sequencing Diseases and conditions Diagnosis and treatment Data mining Clinical decision supportResearchers applied phenotype risk scores to nearly 22,000 genotyped individuals, says Vanderbilt’s Josh Denny, MD. 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
Data mining Customer data Data managementLinkedIn Corp., the professional social networking site owned by Microsoft Corp., says it will open its vast trove of data to academic researchers. 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. org is in this blacklist and it is known that Rocke Group has used this domain for their crypto-mining operations. 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? 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. 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
The Ukrainian Secret Service is investigating the case of employees at a nuclear power plant that connected its system online to mine cryp tocurrency. On July 10, agents of the SBU raided the nuclear power plant and discovered the equipment used by the employees to mining cryptocurrency. MORE
Though harboring unsophisticated payloads, the Panda threat group has updated its tactics - from targets to infrastructure - and successfully mined hundreds of thousands of dollars using cryptomining malware. 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. MORE
The post Happy Data Privacy Day: City Planning Now Mines Everyone’s Data All the Time appeared first on Adam Levin. 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. MORE
The cybercriminals are using a deserialization vulnerability, CVE-2019-18935, to achieve remote code execution before moving laterally through the enterprise. 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
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. MORE
Xbox eavesdropping, email scammers, and more of the week's top security news. Security Security / Security News MORE
Global survey results released today found that process knowledge is the primary success factor for robotic process automation (RPA) projects, yet only 31% of US organizations are currently using process mining tools to understand their processes. Process mining . MORE
” The binary establishes a connection to the C&C server, then scans processes running on the compromised device and attempts to kill any that are running the CoinHive script that could be mining Monero. MORE
NAGARA’s 2020 Summer Online Forum: Mining Our Past, Engineering Our Future is on Friday, July 31, 2020! The post NAGARA Webinar – Mining Our Past, Engineering Our Future – Registration and Fee Required – 5 Credits appeared first on IG GURU. 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 MORE
That’s … The post Release 16 EP5 gives Magellan more text mining power and better user experience appeared first on OpenText Blogs. Analytics are no longer just a matter of “crunching the numbers” in a database or spreadsheet. MORE
A federal appellate court ruled that mining and aggregating user data publicly posted to social media sites is allowable by law. The post Court Rules in Favor of Mining LinkedIn User Data appeared first on Adam Levin. Data Security Privacy featured linkedin data mining MORE
The popular in-browser cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive has announced that it will shut down on March 8, 2019. Security firms spotted several hacking campaigns aimed at compromising websites to install JavaScript-based Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency mining scripts and monetize their efforts. When unaware users visit compromised websites, the script starts using their computers’ processing power to mine cryptocurrency. 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
The recent rash of cryptojacking attacks has hit a Tesla database that contained potentially sensitive information. Security 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
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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.
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OpenText Information Management
MARCH 13, 2019
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. Analytics AI data mining magellan OpenText Magellan text mining
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
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.
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
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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
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?
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. 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.
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. .
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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. “We don’t allow apps that mine cryptocurrency on devices,” reads the entry included in the policy.
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.
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. The post Court Rules in Favor of Mining LinkedIn User Data appeared first on Adam Levin. Data Security Privacy featured linkedin data mining
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. org is in this blacklist and it is known that Rocke Group has used this domain for their crypto-mining operations.
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.
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.
IG Guru
JULY 28, 2020
NAGARA’s 2020 Summer Online Forum: Mining Our Past, Engineering Our Future is on Friday, July 31, 2020! The post NAGARA Webinar – Mining Our Past, Engineering Our Future – Registration and Fee Required – 5 Credits appeared first on IG GURU.
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.
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.
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. On July 10, agents of the SBU raided the nuclear power plant and discovered the equipment used by the employees to mining cryptocurrency.
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
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 are no longer just a matter of “crunching the numbers” in a database or spreadsheet.
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.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Decatur County General Hospital is notifying 24,000 patients of cryptocurrency mining software on its EMR system
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. You can mine them, if you have a powerful CPU. Or you can hijack other people’s computers to do the mining. LW: I can’t really use my MacBook to mine Bitcoin, can I?
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 21, 2018
The cryptocurrency craze rages on, and one unintended consequence is the dramatic rise of illicit cryptocurrency mining. So, quite naturally, malicious hackers are busying themselves inventing clever ways to leech computing power from unwitting victims — and directing these stolen computing cycles towards lining their pockets with freshly mined crypto cash. So naturally, cryptocurrency mining services have cropped up.
Threatpost
MAY 7, 2020
The cybercriminals are using a deserialization vulnerability, CVE-2019-18935, to achieve remote code execution before moving laterally through the enterprise.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 24, 2019
Xbox eavesdropping, email scammers, and more of the week's top security news. Security Security / Security News
Dark Reading
JANUARY 8, 2018
A malware tool for stealthily installing software that mines the Monero virtual currency looks like the handiwork of North Korean threat actors, AlienVault says
Security Affairs
JULY 19, 2019
The Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group informed its clients that it is able to scoop user data by mining from major social media. The Financial Times reported that the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group informed its clients that it is able to mine user data from major social media.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Though harboring unsophisticated payloads, the Panda threat group has updated its tactics - from targets to infrastructure - and successfully mined hundreds of thousands of dollars using cryptomining malware.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The recent rash of cryptojacking attacks has hit a Tesla database that contained potentially sensitive information. Security
Document Imaging Report
MAY 13, 2020
Global survey results released today found that process knowledge is the primary success factor for robotic process automation (RPA) projects, yet only 31% of US organizations are currently using process mining tools to understand their processes. Process mining .
Adam Levin
JANUARY 28, 2019
The post Happy Data Privacy Day: City Planning Now Mines Everyone’s Data All the Time appeared first on Adam Levin.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
A cryptomining malware has infected at least 80k devices and uses various tactics to evade detection. Hacks Malware 80K infections apt Code Crypto cryptomining detection evasion Dexphot malware Microsoft
Information Management Resources
MARCH 18, 2018
EHR analysis Genome sequencing Diseases and conditions Diagnosis and treatment Data mining Clinical decision supportResearchers applied phenotype risk scores to nearly 22,000 genotyped individuals, says Vanderbilt’s Josh Denny, MD.
Security Affairs
JULY 24, 2018
” The binary establishes a connection to the C&C server, then scans processes running on the compromised device and attempts to kill any that are running the CoinHive script that could be mining Monero.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
The popular in-browser cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive has announced that it will shut down on March 8, 2019. Security firms spotted several hacking campaigns aimed at compromising websites to install JavaScript-based Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency mining scripts and monetize their efforts. When unaware users visit compromised websites, the script starts using their computers’ processing power to mine cryptocurrency.
Information Management Resources
AUGUST 22, 2018
Data mining Customer data Data managementLinkedIn Corp., the professional social networking site owned by Microsoft Corp., says it will open its vast trove of data to academic researchers.
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