DDoS Attacks Now Launched with Monero Ransom Notes

By Waqas After a brief hiatus, attackers have returned with a series This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DDoS Attacks Now Launched with Monero Ransom Notes...

memcached, now with extortion!

Over the past week, memcached reflection attacks have taken the DDoS scene by storm. With several attacks hitting organizations across many industries, including a record breaking 1.3Tbps attack against an Akamai customer. Akamai has observed a new trend in extortion attempts using memcached...

Beware; rTorrent Client Exploited to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency

By Waqas rTorrent Client Exploited to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency Thanks to XML-RPC This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Beware; rTorrent Client Exploited to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency...

Monero: Monero GUI not linked with /DYNAMICBASE or hardening on windows, no ASLR

Summary: The monero daemon is compiled and linked without ASLR, at least on windows. This security hardening feature should be enabled in order to make exploiting of this service harder. Description: See above. Releases Affected: At least v0.11.1.0 probably more / Tested on Windows 8.1 Steps To...

Ad Network Circumvents Ad-Blocking Tools To Run In-Browser Cryptojacker Scripts

Cryptojackers are getting resourceful and have figured out how to bypass ad-blocking software and deliver the Coinhive JavaScript miner via browser-based ads. Researchers at Qihoo’s Netlab 360 said it recently spotted an advertising network that was using what is called a domain generation...

LA Times website hacked to mine Monero cryptocurrency

By Waqas Another day, another Monero cryptocurrency miner - This time, the target This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LA Times website hacked to mine Monero cryptocurrency...

Cryptojacking Attack Found on Los Angeles Times Website

Researchers said they found cryptojacking code hidden on the Los Angeles Times’ interactive Homicide Report webpage that was quietly harnessing visitors’ CPUs to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The cryptojacking incident was found by Troy Mursch, a security researcher at Bad Packets Report, on...

New Research: Crypto-mining Drives Almost 90% of All Remote Code Execution Attacks

It’s early in 2018 and we have already witnessed one of the top contenders in this year’s web application attacks. Continuing the trend from the last months of 2017, crypto-mining malware is quickly becoming attackers’ favorite modus operandi. In December 2017, 88 percent of all remote code...

Hackers made $3M on Jenkins server in one of biggest mining ops ever

By Waqas Another day, another Monero ming scam - This one, researchers This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers made $3M on Jenkins server in one of biggest mining ops ever...

Monero Mining Malware Infecting Android Smart TVs & Smartphones

By Waqas The malicious Monero mining campaign is spreading fast through ADB.miner This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Monero Mining Malware Infecting Android Smart TVs & Smartphones...

Millions of Android Phones Hacked to Mine Monero Coins

By Waqas Newly Identified Drive-by Monero Cryptomining Campaign Targeted Millions of Android This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Millions of Android Phones Hacked to Mine Monero Coins...

Browsealoud plugin hacked to mine Monero on 4,000 Govt websites

By Waqas There were thousands of UK and US government websites mining Monero This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Browsealoud plugin hacked to mine Monero on 4,000 Govt websites...

Drive-by cryptomining campaign targets millions of Android users

Malvertising and online fraud through forced redirects and Trojanized apps—to cite the two most common examples—are increasingly plaguing Android users. In many cases, this is made worse by the fact that people often don't use web filtering or security applications on their mobile devices. A...

U.K. and U.S. Government Websites Among Thousands Infected by Cryptocurrency Miner

More than 4,200 websites, including many run the U.K. and U.S. governments, were infected on Feb. 11 by a Monero cryptocurrency miner delivered through Browsealoud, a hosted accessibility service that can read website content aloud for people with visual impairments. Browsealoud developer Texthel...

New Mac cryptominer has 23 older variants

On February 1, a new Mac cryptominer was discovered being distributed via a hack of the MacUpdate website. Since then, we've been doing some digging and found that this isolated incident was just the tip of the iceberg. The malware delivered by the MacUpdate hack appears to be the culmination of...

Watch Out! New Cryptocurrency-Mining Android Malware is Spreading Rapidly

Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, threat actors are increasingly targeting every platform, including IoT, Android, and Windows, with malware that leverages the CPU power of victims' devices to mine cryptocurrency. Just last month, Kaspersky researchers spotted fake antivirus and...

New Monero Crypto Mining Botnet Leverages Android Debugging Tool

A new botnet that distributes malware for mining Monero cryptocurrency has emerged, infecting Android devices through a port linked with a debugging tool for the OS, according to researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab. Dubbed ADB.Miner by 360 Netlab, the botnet is gaining entry to Android devices–mostly...

Coinhive – Monero JavaScript Mining Information Disclosure (SecretKey) Vulnerability

This Exploits allows the attacker to gain the secret key of either several targets by using dork provided, or specific target by following description. NOTICE: secretkey != privatekey of any wallet. This is private exploit. You can buy it at https://0day.today...

New Mac cryptominer distributed via a MacUpdate hack

Early this morning, security researcher Arnaud Abbati of SentinelOne tweeted about new Mac malware being distributed via MacUpdate. This malware, which Abbati has named OSX.CreativeUpdate, is a new cryptocurrency miner, designed to sit in the background and use your computer's CPU to mine the...

New Monero mining malware infected 500K PCs by using 2 NSA exploits

By Waqas Another day, another Monero mining malware - This one uses two This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Monero mining malware infected 500K PCs by using 2 NSA exploits...