New Malware Campaign Leveraging Satacom Downloader to Steal Cryptocurrency

A recent malware campaign has been found to leverage Satacom downloader as a conduit to deploy stealthy malware capable of siphoning cryptocurrency using a rogue extension for Chromium-based browsers. "The main purpose of the malware that is dropped by the Satacom downloader is to steal BTC from...

Impulse Team’s Massive Years-Long Mostly-Undetected Cryptocurrency Scam

We have been able to uncover a massive cryptocurrency scam involving more than a thousand websites handled by different affiliates linked to a program called Impulse Project, run by a threat actor named Impulse Team...

Threat Roundup for May 26 to June 2

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between May 26 and June 2. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

Shiba Inu: The Meme Coin Fueling an Open-Source Ecosystem

By Owais Sultan The cryptocurrency niche has come a long way since Bitcoin’s inception and it is now far from the… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Shiba Inu: The Meme Coin Fueling an Open-Source Ecosystem...

North Korea's Kimsuky Group Mimics Key Figures in Targeted Cyber Attacks

U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies have issued a new alert warning of North Korean cyber actors' use of social engineering tactics to strike think tanks, academia, and news media sectors. The "sustained information gathering efforts" have been attributed to a state-sponsored cluster dubb...

Fedora: Security Advisory for bitcoin-core (FEDORA-2023-3317c9b824)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Crypto Discord Communities Targeted by Malicious Bookmarks & JavaScript

By Waqas Discord admins, beware: scammers are hijacking accounts and stealing cryptocurrency funds by using malicious bookmarks in a new and tricky attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crypto Discord Communities Targeted by Malicious Bookmarks & JavaScript...

Cybercriminals Targeting Apache NiFi Instances for Cryptocurrency Mining

A financially motivated threat actor is actively scouring the internet for unprotected Apache NiFi instances to covertly install a cryptocurrency miner and facilitate lateral movement. The findings come from the SANS Internet Storm Center ISC, which detected a spike in HTTP requests for "/nifi" o...

Cybercriminals Targeting Apache NiFi Instances for Cryptocurrency Mining

A financially motivated threat actor is actively scouring the internet for unprotected Apache NiFi instances to covertly install a cryptocurrency miner and facilitate lateral movement. The findings come from the SANS Internet Storm Center ISC, which detected a spike in HTTP requests for "/nifi" o...

Upgraded Q -> 2 from #5 [1685528763875]

Judge has assessed an item in Issue 5 as 2 risk. The relevant finding follows: L-03 Host that owns Party NFTs can circumvent reentrancy guard --- The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: All reactions...

New Stealthy Bandit Stealer Targeting Web Browsers and Cryptocurrency Wallets

A new stealthy information stealer malware called Bandit Stealer has caught the attention of cybersecurity researchers for its ability to target numerous web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets. "It has the potential to expand to other platforms as Bandit Stealer was developed using the Go...

New Info Stealer Bandit Stealer Targets Browsers, Wallets

This is an analysis of Bandit Stealer, a new Go-based information-stealing malware capable of evading detection as it targets multiple browsers and cryptocurrency wallets...

Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What follows is an interview with a Russian hacker responsible for a series of aggressive crypto spam campaigns that recently prompted several...

Unveiling the Minas Miner’s Deceptive Tactics

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Minas is a multi-stage cryptocurrency miner with a concealed presence. It evades detection through encryption, randomization, and persistence techniques, showcasing determined network compromise. To...

8220 Gang Exploiting Oracle WebLogic Flaw to Hijack Servers and Mine Cryptocurrency

The notorious cryptojacking group tracked as 8220 Gang has been spotted weaponizing a six-year-old security flaw in Oracle WebLogic servers to ensnare vulnerable instances into a botnet and distribute cryptocurrency mining malware. The flaw in question is CVE-2017-3506 CVSS score: 7.4, which, whe...

8220 Gang Exploiting Oracle WebLogic Flaw to Hijack Servers and Mine Cryptocurrency

The notorious cryptojacking group tracked as 8220 Gang has been spotted weaponizing a six-year-old security flaw in Oracle WebLogic servers to ensnare vulnerable instances into a botnet and distribute cryptocurrency mining malware. The flaw in question is CVE-2017-3506 CVSS score: 7.4, which, whe...

8220 Gang Exploiting Vulnerabilities in Cloud Environments for Cryptocurrency Mining

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The 8220 Gang is a cyber threat group that targets cloud and container environments, exploiting vulnerabilities in applications like Oracle WebLogic, Apache Log4j, and Atlassian Confluence. To receive...

Malicious code in next2ejs (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx a38f3ed2458e9188f19672ebadf7f1bf9aae21e644c654fb82d93cc4b55abed0 Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

MAL-2023-950 Malicious code in vue2ejs (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 471c4327f895aee34fd25c781189cda3025f1a3d22c0bba59cd767f95a277194 Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

MAL-2023-622 Malicious code in next2ejs (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx a38f3ed2458e9188f19672ebadf7f1bf9aae21e644c654fb82d93cc4b55abed0 Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...