New Fileless Cryptocurrency Miner Hits Windows Using EternalBlue Flaw

By Waqas Cyber security firm Trend Micro’s research team has identified that This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Fileless Cryptocurrency Miner Hits Windows Using EternalBlue Flaw...

Hiking Club Malvertisements Drop Monero Miners Via Neptune Exploit Kit

Exploit kit EK activity has been on the decline ever since Angler Exploit Kit was shut down in 2016. Fewer people using Internet Explorer and a drop in browser support for Adobe Flash – two primary targets of many exploit kits – have also contributed to this decline. Additionally, some popular...

Hiking Club Malvertisements Drop Monero Miners Via Neptune Exploit Kit

Exploit kit EK activity has been on the decline ever since Angler Exploit Kit was shut down in 2016. Fewer people using Internet Explorer and a drop in browser support for Adobe Flash – two primary targets of many exploit kits – have also contributed to this decline. Additionally, some popular...

Warning: Enigma Hacked; Over $470,000 in Ethereum Stolen So Far

More Ethereum Stolen! An unknown hacker has so far stolen more than $471,000 worth of Ethereum—one of the most popular and increasingly valuable cryptocurrencies—in yet another Ethereum hack that hit the popular cryptocurrency investment platform, Enigma. According to an announcement made on thei...

Fake Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange site stealing user funds

By Uzair Amir Bittrex is a US-based cryptocurrency exchange known for buying and selling This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange site stealing user funds...

Hackers Behind WannaCry Ransomware Withdraw $143,000 From Bitcoin Wallets

The cyber criminals behind the global WannaCry ransomware attack that caused chaos worldwide have finally cashed out their ransom payments. Nearly three months ago, the WannaCry ransomware shut down hospitals, telecom providers, and many businesses worldwide, infecting hundreds of thousands of...

CowerSnail — Windows Backdoor from the Creators of SambaCry Linux Malware

Last month, we reported about a group of hackers exploiting SambaCry—a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software—to hack Linux computers and install malware to mine cryptocurrencies. The same group of hackers is now targeting Windows machines with a new...

US, European Law Enforcement Shutter Massive AlphaBay Market

U.S. authorities along with law enforcement agencies in Europe and Asia announced today the takedown of the dark web’s largest illicit market. AlphaBay sold malware and hacking tools along with drugs, fraudulent documents, guns, counterfeit goods and even toxic chemicals, the Justice Department...

Hackers Stole $32 Million in Ethereum; 3rd Heist in 20 Days

An unknown hacker has just stolen nearly $32 million worth of Ethereum – one of the most popular and increasingly valuable cryptocurrencies – from Ethereum wallet accounts linked to at least three companies that seem to have been hacked. This is the third Ethereum cryptocurrency heist that came o...

CoinDash Hacked During its ICO

Hackers hijacked CoinDash’s initial coin offering Monday, stealing $7.7 million in cryptocurrency from the nascent trading platform. The attack occurred during a 15-minute period for “whitelist contributors” prior to the public ICO. During that time, the hackers were able to compromise the CoinDa...

Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Hacked! Over $1 Million Worth Bitcoin and Ether Stolen

One of the world's largest Bitcoin and Ether cryptocurrencies exchanges Bithumb has recently been hacked, resulting in loss of more than $1 Million in cryptocurrencies after a number of its user accounts compromised. Bithumb is South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange with 20% of global ethe...

Classic Ether Wallet Compromised via Social Engineering

Classic Ether Wallet, an open source wallet for the public, blockchain-based cryptocurrency platform Ethereum Classic ETC was compromised late last week. Developers of the decentralized platform said an attacker managed to hijack the domain for the wallet via social engineering late Thursday...

Attackers Mining Cryptocurrency Using Exploits for Samba Vulnerability

Unknown attackers are using a recently patched vulnerability in Samba to spread a resource-intensive cryptocurrency mining utility. To date, the operation has netted the attackers just under $6,000 USD, but the number of compromised computers is growing, meaning that a significant number of Samba...

Warning! Hackers Started Using "SambaCry Flaw" to Hack Linux Systems

Remember SambaCry? Two weeks ago we reported about a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software re-implementation of SMB networking protocol that allows a remote hacker to take full control of a vulnerable Linux and Unix machines. To know more about the...

SambaCry is coming

Not long ago, news appeared online of a younger sibling for the sensational vulnerability EternalBlue. The story was about a new vulnerability for nix-based systems – EternalRed aka SambaCry. This vulnerability CVE-2017-7494 relates to all versions of Samba, starting from 3.5.0, which was release...

ShadowBrokers Put Price on Monthly Zero Day Leaks

The threat posed by the first wave of ShadowBrokers leaks of Equation Group hacking tools was relatively benign. Some vendors had to scramble to patch zero days in older versions of products, but for the most part, the leaks and accompanying auction were more of a novelty. That obviously changed...

Threat Round-up for May 19 - May 26

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between May 19 and May 26. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavior characteristics,...

Cisco Coverage for Adylkuzz, Uiwix, and EternalRocks

When the WannaCry attack was launched a little over a week ago, it was one of the first large scale attacks leveraging the data that was leaked by the Shadow Brokers. At the time the real concern was how quickly we would begin to see other threats leverage the same vulnerabilities. Over the past...

WannaCry Shares Code with Lazarus APT Samples

As the first inkling of attribution emerged in the WannaCry ransomware outbreak, researchers found another attack using the same leaked NSA attack tools to spread the Adylkuzz cryptocurrency miner. Kafeine, a well-known exploit researcher who works for Proofpoint, said Monday that this attack cou...

Weeks Before WannaCry, Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet Was Using Windows SMB Exploit

A security researcher has just discovered a stealthy cryptocurrency-mining malware that was also using Windows SMB vulnerability at least two weeks before the outbreak of WannaCry ransomware attacks. According to Kafeine, a security researcher at Proofpoint, another group of cyber criminals was...