eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

One way is through hijacking computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies. Security risks for end users take the form of two discrete methods: private key theft and ice phishing attacks,” said Christian Seifert, Researcher, Forta.org. Crypto can also be a way to leverage cybersecurity breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 27, 2021

The LemonDuck malware that for the past couple of years has been known for its cryptocurrency mining and botnet capabilities is evolving into a much broader threat, moving into new areas of cyber attacks, targeting both Linux and Microsoft systems and expanding its geographical reach, according to security researchers with Microsoft.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 15, 2022

To help data scientists reflect and identify possible ethical concerns the standard process for data mining should include 3 additional steps: data risk assessment, model risk assessment and production monitoring. Data risk assessment. Model risk management. Detecting and defining bias and unfairness isn’t easy.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Flaws in bitcoin mining firmware and hacks of wallet software show that the infrastructure associated with cryptocurrency is not always well-secured. Major Cybercrime Gangs Shift From Hacking Banks to Bitcoins Bitcoin's massive rise in value and hype continues to draw the attention of hackers, scammers and organized crime.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 8, 2024

She serves on the board of several technology companies and also happens to be steeped in cyber risk governance. Pigueros: I think this is the case where CISOs understand the true gravity and risk of the situation and they feel a sense of urgency to drive action by senior management and the board.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

. “While data theft is traditionally the primary motivation, cyber actors seeking computational power (often for cryptocurrency mining) are also drawn to Kubernetes to harness the underlying infrastructure. It helps reduce risks through deep visibility into the host operating system and OpenShift and reports back metrics to reduce risk.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2018

Group-IB is recording new outbreaks of illegal mining (cryptojacking) threats in the networks of commercial and state organizations. Group-IB, an international company specializing in the prevention of cyberattacks, is recording new outbreaks of illegal mining (cryptojacking) threats in the networks of commercial and state organizations.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Cryptojacking Attacks Are Reshaping Today's Threat Landscape Cryptojacking - the hidden mining of virtual currencies - continues to be a focus for online attackers. As the detection of cryptocurrency mining malware continues to rise, Europol warns that cryptojacking will remain "a regular, low-risk revenue stream for cybercriminals."

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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.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2018

As long as the adb tools is being used in a secured environment, it presents little risk. ” 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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

“Instances on the public internet are particularly at risk, as this vulnerability is exploitable anonymously.” Trend Micro researchers warned of a crypto mining campaign targeting Atlassian Confluence servers affected by the CVE-2022-26134 RCE vulnerability disclosed in early June 2022.

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Unwritten Record

MARCH 20, 2024

Many miners in the area come from farm families and are saving money to go back to their farms but will stay in the mines as long as there is “good money” Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company, Exeter Mine, Big Sandy Housing Camp, Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, April 10, 1946. June 13, 1946.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Leveraging WebAssembly’s sandboxing capabilities allows us to isolate potential risks, while Rust provides the memory safety essential for our modern internet applications. By opting for an open and collective decision-making process, they were able to retain the trust of their vast community, including mine.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Beyond Stolen CPU Cycles, Miners Pose Enterprise Security Risks The booming interest and sometimes surging values of cryptocurrencies are drawing the interest of cybercriminals on a scale never seen before - including attacks aimed at trying to steal computing power to mine cryptocurrency.

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IT Governance

MARCH 29, 2022

Then there’s blockchain mining. In the early days of bitcoin mining, individuals could create new bitcoins using a standard computer set-up, but the process has grown so complex that it now requires a room full of specialised tools. It’s therefore no surprise that Cloud storage centres account for 1% of the world’s electricity use.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 30, 2021

In many cases, this code is designed to avoid detection and the attacker can now deface your website, inject inappropriate ads or even mine for bitcoin. Once the attacker has control over the third-party server, they inject their own malicious code.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

Under First American’s documented vulnerability remediation policies, the data leak was classified as a security weakness with a “level 3” severity, which placed it in the “medium risk” category and required remediation within 45 days. “The [employee] did not request a waiver or risk acceptance from the CISO.”

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IG Guru

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The post Here’s why LinkedIn is a ‘gold mine’ for foreign spies digging for corporate and government secrets via CNBC appeared first on IG GURU. A great article about how information can be used for nefarious purposes on LinkedIn.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Another “canary in the coal mine” episode showcasing this trend happened just last week, with a sizeable breach of HSBC U.S. With digital transformation technologies like cloud, big data, IoT, containers, mobile payments and blockchain all in play, there are many new attack surfaces and risks to financial data. banking customers.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. Third-party risk management.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

Since the public availability of Public proof-of-concept (POC) exploits for these vulnerabilities the risk of widespread exploitation increased. In other instances analyzed by Trend Micro, threat actors deployed a variant of the open-source XMRig cryptocurrency-mining malware to vulnerable TeamCity servers.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 10, 2023

Grasping these opportunities at IBM, we’re increasingly building our specialism in process mining and data analysis tools and techniques we believe to be true ‘game changers’ when it comes to building cultures of continuous change and innovation. So how do you spot this early, and react or even prevent this in a timely and effective manner?

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Leaked email: Companies or third-party vendors put email address security at risk when they experience data breaches. Typically, scammers want to get ahold of an email because it’s a gold mine of information. In that case, it would be a significant cybersecurity risk for businesses and individuals alike.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

It walks through the current state of risk in the ecosystem, analyzes challenges with the current policy model, and describes a synthesized IoT security framework. Note: One of the authors of this report was a student of mine at Harvard Kennedy School, and did this work with the Atlantic Council under my supervision.

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Data Matters

MAY 4, 2021

Many companies hope to benefit from amassing large amounts of data by mining it for market insights, creating internal business models, and supporting strategic, data-driven decisions. One way that businesses can mitigate these risks is to de-identify the data they collect and store. litigation discovery obligations. VIEW ARTICLE.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

US CISA and NSA released new guidance that provides recommendations on how to harden Kubernetes deployments and minimize the risk of hack. In recent months the number of cyberattacks against misconfigured Kybernetes systems has surged, threat actors mainly used the to illegally mine cryptocurrencies.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Kinsing malware abuses the resources of the Docker installations to mine cryptocurrency. “It’s important for security teams to be aware of exposed containers and vulnerable images and try to mitigate the risk before they are breached. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Kubernetes).

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OpenText Information Management

APRIL 17, 2024

But the reality is that the challenges my children will face will be vastly bigger than mine. In the context of business, digital enterprises that can’t keep up with the speed of change will struggle to be relevant and even risk extinction. Because it’s undeniable, the world we live in today is a world of speed.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The campaign primarily targets users in Spain and South American countries, aims to launch a coin-mining shellcode directly in memory. The in-memory DLL then injects a coin-mining code into notepad.exe through process hollowing. .” reads the Tweet published by the Microsoft Security Intelligence team.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities , FCEB agencies have to address the identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect their networks against attacks exploiting the flaws in the catalog.

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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

DECEMBER 13, 2020

“We believe PGMiner is the first cryptocurrency mining botnet that is delivered via PostgreSQL.” Once the bot accessed to the database, it uses the PostgreSQL “ COPY from PROGRAM ” feature to download and launch the coin mining scripts directly from the underlying server. ” continues the analysis.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

election.and mine some cryptocurrency along the way. » Related Stories Spotlight Podcast: Taking a Risk-Based Approach to Election Security Ahead of Black Hat: Fear and Pessimism in Las Vegas Report: China Rides Cyber Attacks to Superpower Status. Read the whole entry. »

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Information Management Resources

MARCH 18, 2018

Researchers applied phenotype risk scores to nearly 22,000 genotyped individuals, says Vanderbilt’s Josh Denny, MD.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 30, 2023

The right partner can help organizations in the industrial sector understand how to reduce waste, improve transparency, and work with suppliers to ensure sustainable practices throughout the supply chain—all while keeping looming SEC regulations on climate risk reporting top-of-mind.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Lower-ranked scammers are employed by the groups to drive traffic to scam websites that trick victims into downloading the malware, using links in reviews of popular games on YouTube, in mining software, on NFT forums, and in lotteries on social media. Like the attackers observed by Group-IB, SEKOIA.IO How to Stop Infostealer Malware.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

But with no orderly internal framework, unstructured data defies data mining tools. Gartner analysts estimate that over 80 percent of enterprise data is unstructured and is growing up to 65 percent a year, enticing cyber criminals to mine the mother lode. Ransomware target. Last Watchdog’s Denise Szott contributed to this report.

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