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The Rising Diicot Threat Group with Diverse Attack Capabilities
Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A Romanian threat group “Diicot” has been actively employing SSH bruteforcing and deploying malware loaders to compromise systems for the purpose of cryptocurrency mining. The campaign involves exploitin...
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,...
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...
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...
CLR SqlShell Malware Targets MS SQL Servers for Crypto Mining and Ransomware
Poorly managed Microsoft SQL MS SQL servers are the target of a new campaign that's designed to propagate a category of malware called CLR SqlShell that ultimately facilitates the deployment of cryptocurrency miners and ransomware. "Similar to web shell, which can be installed on web servers,...
Threat Roundup for May 5 to May 12
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between May 5 and May 12. 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,...
Kubernetes RBAC Exploited in Large-Scale Campaign for Cryptocurrency Mining
A large-scale attack campaign discovered in the wild has been exploiting Kubernetes K8s Role-Based Access Control RBAC to create backdoors and run cryptocurrency miners. "The attackers also deployed DaemonSets to take over and hijack resources of the K8s clusters they attack," cloud security firm...
New Version of Prometei Botnet Infects Over 10,000 Systems Worldwide
An updated version of a botnet malware called Prometei has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022. The infections are both geographically indiscriminate and opportunistic, with a majority of the victims reported in Brazil, Indonesia, and Turkey. Prometei, first observed i...
New Version of Prometei Botnet Infects Over 10,000 Systems Worldwide
An updated version of a botnet malware called Prometei has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022. The infections are both geographically indiscriminate and opportunistic, with a majority of the victims reported in Brazil, Indonesia, and Turkey. Prometei, first observed i...
Hackers Using Trojanized macOS Apps to Deploy Evasive Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Trojanized versions of legitimate applications are being used to deploy evasive cryptocurrency mining malware on macOS systems. Jamf Threat Labs, which made the discovery, said the XMRig coin miner was executed by means of an unauthorized modification in Final Cut Pro, a video editing software fr...
Hackers Using Trojanized macOS Apps to Deploy Evasive Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Trojanized versions of legitimate applications are being used to deploy evasive cryptocurrency mining malware on macOS systems. Jamf Threat Labs, which made the discovery, said the XMRig coin miner was executed by means of an unauthorized modification in Final Cut Pro, a video editing software fr...
New S1deload Malware Hijacking Users' Social Media Accounts and Mining Cryptocurrency
An active malware campaign has set its sights on Facebook and YouTube users by leveraging a new information stealer to hijack the accounts and abuse the systems' resources to mine cryptocurrency. Bitdefender is calling the malware S1deload Stealer for its use of DLL side-loading techniques to get...
New S1deload Malware Hijacking Users' Social Media Accounts and Mining Cryptocurrency
An active malware campaign has set its sights on Facebook and YouTube users by leveraging a new information stealer to hijack the accounts and abuse the systems' resources to mine cryptocurrency. Bitdefender is calling the malware S1deload Stealer for its use of DLL side-loading techniques to get...
ProxyShellMiner Exploits Windows Exchange Server Vulnerabilities for Cryptocurrency Mining
Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary ProxyShellMiner exploits Windows Exchange servers vulnerabilities, which are used to gain unauthorized access and compromise an organization, leading to the installation of cryptocurrency miners...
ProxyShellMiner Exploits Windows Exchange Server Vulnerabilities for Cryptocurrency Mining
Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary ProxyShellMiner exploits Windows Exchange servers vulnerabilities, which are used to gain unauthorized access and compromise an organization, leading to the installation of cryptocurrency miners...
Hackers Using Stolen Bank Information to Trick Victims into Downloading BitRAT Malware
A new malware campaign has been observed using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing emails to drop a remote access trojan called BitRAT. The unknown adversary is believed to have hijacked the IT infrastructure of a Colombian cooperative bank, using the information to cra...
Cryptocurrency Mining Campaign Hits Linux Users with Go-based CHAOS Malware
A cryptocurrency mining attack targeting the Linux operating system also involved the use of an open source remote access trojan RAT dubbed CHAOS. The threat, which was spotted by Trend Micro in November 2022, remains virtually unchanged in all other aspects, including when it comes to terminatin...