IntelBroker Leaks Alleged National Security Data Tied to US Contractor Acuity Inc.

By Waqas The leaked data was previously being sold by the IntelBroker hacker for just $3,000 in Monero XMR cryptocurrency. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: IntelBroker Leaks Alleged National Security Data Tied to US Contractor Acuity Inc...

forum.getmonero.org Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3883498

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Monero: [Monero wallet RPC] File precreation to file ownership and credentials leak

The Monero wallet RPC was found to have a vulnerability in the file creation process that could lead to potential credential leakage. The issue was located in the walletrpcserver::init method, where a file was created without using the OEXCL flag, allowing an attacker to pre-create the file and...

Hacker Claims Breaching US Federal Contractor Acuity, Selling ICE, USCIS Data

By Waqas The teasure trove of highly sentisive data is being sold for just $3,000 in Monero XMR cryptocurrency on Breach Forums. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker Claims Breaching US Federal Contractor Acuity, Selling ICE, USCIS Data...

China’s Hackers Keep Targeting US Water and Electricity Supplies

Plus: Russia was likely behind widespread GPS outages, Vault 7 leaker was sentenced, police claim to trace Monero cryptocurrency, and more...

Monero: RPC service DOS

The RPC service running on port 18081 or 28081, 38081 was vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to a loop iterating until the maximum range of a 64-bit unsigned integer. The vulnerability was present in all versions after the commit b030f207517f59a5122409398549a02ac23829ae, up to and...

New Attacks Target Misconfigured Apache Applications with Monero Miner

Summary: A recently identified attack exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners within targeted environments. This attack stands out due to the attackers utilization of packers and rootkits to conceal the malware, adding an extra layer of complexity and...

29-Year-Old Ukrainian Cryptojacking Kingpin Arrested for Exploiting Cloud Services

A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been arrested in connection with running a "sophisticated cryptojacking scheme," netting them over $2 million €1.8 million in illicit profits. The person, described as the "mastermind" behind the operation, was apprehended in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on January 9 by...

Cryptominers Targeting Misconfigured Apache Hadoop and Flink with Rootkit in New Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new attack that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners within targeted environments. "This attack is particularly intriguing due to the attacker's use of packers and rootkits to conceal the malware," Aqua...

German Authorities Dismantle Dark Web Hub 'Kingdom Market' in Global Operation

German law enforcement has announced the disruption of a dark web platform called Kingdom Market that specialized in the sales of narcotics and malware to "tens of thousands of users." The exercise, which involved collaboration from authorities from the U.S., Switzerland, Moldova, and Ukraine,...

`monero-api` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

This crate was part of a typosquatting malware cluster published by the user Kraded to run an arbitrary malware payload on Windows hosts. This advisory is to retrospectively document this attempted attack. The version information and download records of the malicious crate are no longer available...

RUSTSEC-2023-0112 `monero-rpc-rs` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

This crate was part of a typosquatting malware cluster published by the user Kraded to run an arbitrary malware payload on Windows hosts. This advisory is to retrospectively document this attempted attack. The version information and download records of the malicious crate are no longer available...

RUSTSEC-2023-0111 `monero-api` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

This crate was part of a typosquatting malware cluster published by the user Kraded to run an arbitrary malware payload on Windows hosts. This advisory is to retrospectively document this attempted attack. The version information and download records of the malicious crate are no longer available...

`monero-rpc-rs` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

This crate was part of a typosquatting malware cluster published by the user Kraded to run an arbitrary malware payload on Windows hosts. This advisory is to retrospectively document this attempted attack. The version information and download records of the malicious crate are no longer available...

StripedFly Malware Operated Unnoticed for 5 Years, Infecting 1 Million Devices

An advanced strain of malware masquerading as a cryptocurrency miner has managed to fly the radar for over five years, infecting no less than one million devices around the world in the process. That's according to findings from Kaspersky, which has codenamed the threat StripedFly, describing it ...

Russia’s 2nd-Largest Insurer Rosgosstrakh Hacked; 400GB of Data Sold Online

By Waqas The hackers are selling the trove of data for $50,000 in Bitcoin BTC or Monero XMR cryptocurrency. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russias 2nd-Largest Insurer Rosgosstrakh Hacked; 400GB of Data Sold Online...

EleKtra-Leak Cryptojacking Attacks Exploit AWS IAM Credentials Exposed on GitHub

A new ongoing campaign dubbed EleKtra-Leak has set its eyes on exposed Amazon Web Service AWS identity and access management IAM credentials within public GitHub repositories to facilitate cryptojacking activities. "As a result of this, the threat actor associated with the campaign was able to...

Malicious Package

Overview Monero is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that executes covert scripts upon installation or uninstallation, communicating with a remote server to download and execute additional malicious files, thereby deploying the SeroXen RAT on the victim's machine, all whil...

From Cryptojacking to DDoS Attacks: Diicot Expands Tactics with Cayosin Botnet

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered previously undocumented payloads associated with a Romanian threat actor named Diicot , revealing its potential for launching distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. "The Diicot name is significant, as it's also the name of the Romanian organized crim...

Monero: Dynamic fee algorithm doesn't check for zero fee

The dynamic fee algorithm in the Monero blockchain did not properly check for a zero fee, which could have allowed an attacker to flood the network with transactions at no cost, potentially leading to unlimited blockchain growth...