Muhstik Botnet Exploits Highly Critical Drupal Bug

Researchers are warning a recently discovered and highly critical vulnerability found in Drupal’s CMS platform is now being actively exploited by hackers who are using it to install cryptocurrency miners and to launch DDoS attacks via compromised systems. At the time of the disclosure, last month...

Cryptomining Campaign Returns Coal and Not Diamond

Executive summary Soon after a launch of a new cryptocurrency, Bitvote, in January, Talos discovered a new mining campaign affecting systems in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and several other countries that were tied to Bitvote. Apart from the fact that the attackers have chosen to target the new...

Tens of thousands per Gram

Looking at Instagram one morning, I spotted several posts from some fairly well-known people in certain circles who had invested in an ICO held by Telegram. Interesting, I thought to myself. I fancy a piece of that. Only I was pretty sure that if Telegram was indeed holding an ICO, it would be a...

Another Critical Flaw Found In Drupal Core—Patch Your Sites Immediately

It's time to update your Drupal websites, once again. For the second time within a month, Drupal has been found vulnerable to another critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to pull off advanced attacks including cookie theft, keylogging, phishing and identity theft. Discovered b...

Vlogger loses $2M in cryptocurrency during YouTube live stream

By Uzair Amir Ian Balina is a well-known, sponsored YouTube blogger or rather This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Vlogger loses $2M in cryptocurrency during YouTube live stream...

Suspected 'Big Bitcoin Heist' Mastermind Fled to Sweden On Icelandic PM's Plane

Remember the "Big bitcoin heist" we reported last month when a group of thieves stole around 600 powerful bitcoin mining devices from Icelandic data centers? Icelandic Police had arrested 11 suspects as part of the investigation, one of which has escaped from prison and fled to Sweden on a...

Hackers Exploiting Drupal Vulnerability to Inject Cryptocurrency Miners

The Drupal vulnerability CVE-2018-7600, dubbed Drupalgeddon2 that could allow attackers to completely take over vulnerable websites has now been exploited in the wild to deliver malware backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Drupalgeddon2, a highly critical remote code execution vulnerability...

Hackers Exploiting Drupal Vulnerability to Inject Cryptocurrency Miners

The Drupal vulnerability CVE-2018-7600, dubbed Drupalgeddon2 that could allow attackers to completely take over vulnerable websites has now been exploited in the wild to deliver malware backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Drupalgeddon2, a highly critical remote code execution vulnerability...

How the Rise of Cryptocurrencies Is Shaping the Cyber Crime Landscape: Blockchain Infrastructure Use

UPDATE May 31, 2018: A section of the post on commonly used OpenNIC IPs has been removed to avoid any implication that the OpenNIC IPs are inherently malicious, which is not the case. Introduction Cyber criminals have always been attracted to cryptocurrencies because it provides a certain level o...

Threatpost RSA Conference 2018 Preview

The RSA Conference 2018 kicks off this week in San Francisco, drawing attendees from around the world eager to learn more about the latest threats, vulnerabilities, and security products and tools for the coming year. This year’s conference has more than 650 exhibitors and 550 sessions covering...

New malware mine cryptocurrency without open browser session

By Waqas Initially, the cryptomining malware aimed at generating cryptocurrency using open browser This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New malware mine cryptocurrency without open browser session...

Coin Mining Malware and What Akamai Can do About It

It has been a busy few months for crypto-mining! The advent of cryptocurrency1 has resulted in a rollercoaster ride of interest in the last 18 months, with millions of people making and losing millions in physical currency. Through all of this, cryptocurrency has been a heavy target for...

Hackers compromise AOL advertising platform to mine cryptocurrency

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Trend Mirco have discovered that This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers compromise AOL advertising platform to mine cryptocurrency...

Rarog Trojan ‘Easy Entry’ For New Cryptomining Crooks, Report Warns

A malware family called Rarog is becoming an appealing and affordable tool for hackers to launch cryptocurrency mining attacks, researchers say. They say the Trojan is low priced, easily configurable and supports multiple cryptocurrencies, making it an appealing option for hackers. Palo Alto...

Pocket cryptofarms

In recent months, the topic of cryptocurrency has been a permanent news fixture — the value of digital money has been see-sawing spectacularly. Such pyrotechnics could hardly have escaped the attention of scammers, which is why cryptocurrency fluctuations have gone hand in hand with all kinds of...

Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Extensions From Chrome Web Store

In an effort to prevent cryptojacking by extensions that maliciously mine digital currencies without users' awareness, Google has implemented a new Web Store policy that bans any Chrome extension submitted to the Web Store that mines cryptocurrency. Over the past few months, we have seen a sudden...

Coinhive Exposé Prompts Cancer Research Fundraiser

A story published here this week revealed the real-life identity behind the original creator of Coinhive -- a controversial cryptocurrency mining service that several security firms have recently labeled the most ubiquitous malware threat on the Internet today. In an unusual form of protest again...

Breaking the Anonymity in the Cryptocurrency Monero

Researchers have exploited a flaw in the cryptocurrency Monero to break the anonymity of transactions. Research paper. BoingBoing post...

Alleged Mastermind Behind Carbanak Crime Gang Arrested

The suspected mastermind behind the Carbanak criminal gang, which is notorious for stealing as much as $1 billion from more than 100 financial institutions in a string of attacks, has been apprehended, according to the Spanish National Police. According to the European Union Agency for Law...

GoScanSSH Malware Targets SSH Servers, But Avoids Military and .GOV Systems

Researchers have identified a new malware family, dubbed GoScanSSH, that targets public facing SSH servers, but avoids those linked to government and military IP addresses. The malware has been in the wild since June 2017 and exhibits a number of unique characteristics, such as being written in t...