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New Cryptojacking Campaign Leverages Misconfigured Redis Database Servers
Misconfigured Redis database servers are the target of a novel cryptojacking campaign that leverages a legitimate and open source command-line file transfer service to implement its attack. "Underpinning this campaign was the use of transfer.sh," Cado Security said in a report shared with The...
Cryptojackers Deploy Trojanized Mac Apps on The Pirate Bay
By Deeba Ahmed All malicious apps for macOS identified by researchers were uploaded to The Pirate Bay by a user called "wtfisthat34698409672." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cryptojackers Deploy Trojanized Mac Apps on The Pirate Bay...
North Korean Hackers Targeting Healthcare with Ransomware to Fund its Operations
State-backed hackers from North Korea are conducting ransomware attacks against healthcare and critical infrastructure facilities to fund illicit activities, U.S. and South Korean cybersecurity and intelligence agencies warned in a joint advisory. The attacks, which demand cryptocurrency ransoms ...
Kinsing Crypto Malware Hits Kubernetes Clusters via Misconfigured PostgreSQL
The threat actors behind the Kinsing cryptojacking operation have been spotted exploiting misconfigured and exposed PostgreSQL servers to obtain initial access to Kubernetes environments. A second initial access vector technique entails the use of vulnerable images, Sunders Bruskin, security...
Kinsing Crypto Malware Hits Kubernetes Clusters via Misconfigured PostgreSQL
The threat actors behind the Kinsing cryptojacking operation have been spotted exploiting misconfigured and exposed PostgreSQL servers to obtain initial access to Kubernetes environments. A second initial access vector technique entails the use of vulnerable images, Sunders Bruskin, security...
The state of cryptojacking in the first three quarters of 2022
Cryptocurrency prices were dropping from the end of 2021 and throughout the first half of 2022. Although finance experts and retail investors estimate crypto to have a solid chance of recovery in the long term, at the time of writing this report the prices remain low. However, cybercriminals are...
Experts Warn of Browser Extensions Spying On Users via Cloud9 Chrome Botnet Network
The Keksec threat actor has been linked to a previously undocumented malware strain, which has been observed in the wild masquerading as an extension for Chromium-based web browsers to enslave compromised machines into a botnet. Called Cloud9 by security firm Zimperium, the malicious browser add-...
New Cryptojacking Campaign Targeting Vulnerable Docker and Kubernetes Instances
A new cryptojacking campaign has been uncovered targeting vulnerable Docker and Kubernetes infrastructures as part of opportunistic attacks designed to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike dubbed the activity Kiss-a-dog, with its command-and-control infrastructure...
New Cryptojacking Campaign Kiss-a-dog Targeting Docker and Kubernetes
By Deeba Ahmed The Austin, Texas-based American cybersecurity technology CrowdStrike has discovered a brand-new cryptojacking campaign in which attackers are targeting… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Cryptojacking Campaign Kiss-a-dog Targeting Docker and Kubernetes...
Why Crypto Winter is No Excuse to Let Your Cyber Defenses Falter
Don't let the ongoing "crypto winter" lull you into a false sense of cybersecurity. Even as cryptocurrencies lose value — and some crypto companies file for bankruptcy — cryptojacking still poses an urgent threat to enterprises across industries, from financial services to healthcare to industry...
The surge of cryptojacking campaigns
Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Recent cryptojacking campaigns disclosed that intruders exploited DLL Side-Loading issues in Microsoft OneDrive by writing a fake secur32.dll file to establish persistence and operate undetected on...
Hackers Targeting Unpatched Atlassian Confluence Servers to Deploy Crypto Miners
A now-patched critical security flaw affecting Atlassian Confluence Server that came to light a few months ago is being actively exploited for illicit cryptocurrency mining on unpatched installations. "If left unremedied and successfully exploited, this vulnerability could be used for multiple an...
Alibaba OSS Buckets Compromised to Distribute Malicious Shell Scripts via Steganography
In this blog entry, we discuss a malicious campaign that targets Alibaba Cloud’s OSS buckets with leaked credentials for malware distribution and cryptojacking...
This Cloud Botnet Has Hijacked 30,000 Systems to Mine Cryptocurrencies
The 8220 cryptomining group has expanded in size to encompass as many as 30,000 infected hosts, up from 2,000 hosts globally in mid-2021. "8220 Gang is one of the many low-skill crimeware gangs we continually observe infecting cloud hosts and operating a botnet and cryptocurrency miners through...
Cloud-based Cryptocurrency Miners Targeting GitHub Actions and Azure VMs
GitHub Actions and Azure virtual machines VMs are being leveraged for cloud-based cryptocurrency mining, indicating sustained attempts on the part of malicious actors to target cloud resources for illicit purposes. "Attackers can abuse the runners or servers provided by GitHub to run an...
New Syslogk Linux Rootkit Lets Attackers Remotely Command It Using "Magic Packets"
A new covert Linux kernel rootkit named Syslogk has been spotted under development in the wild and cloaking a malicious payload that can be remotely commandeered by an adversary using a magic network traffic packet. "The Syslogk rootkit is heavily based on Adore-Ng but incorporates new...
New Sysrv Botnet Variant Hijacking Windows and Linux with Crypto Miners
Microsoft is warning of a new variant of the Sysrv botnet that's exploiting multiple security flaws in web applications and databases to install coin miners on both Windows and Linux systems. The tech giant, which has called the new version Sysrv-K, is said to weaponize an array of exploits to ga...
DirtyMoe Botnet Gains New Exploits in Wormable Module to Spread Rapidly
The malware known as DirtyMoe has gained new worm-like propagation capabilities that allow it to expand its reach without requiring any user interaction, the latest research has found. "The worming module targets older well-known vulnerabilities, e.g., EternalBlue and Hot Potato Windows privilege...
LIVE Webinar: Key Lessons Learned from Major Cyberattacks in 2021 and What to Expect in 2022
With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact, and perhaps permanently changing, how we work, cybercriminals again leveraged the distraction in new waves of cyberattacks. Over the course of 2021 we saw an increase in multiple attack approaches; some old, some new. Phishing and ransomware...