TRIPLESTRENGTH Hits Cloud for Cryptojacking, On-Premises Systems for Ransomware

Google on Wednesday shed light on a financially motivated threat actor named TRIPLESTRENGTH for its opportunistic targeting of cloud environments for cryptojacking and on-premise ransomware attacks. "This actor engaged in a variety of threat activity, including cryptocurrency mining operations on...

Proof of storage crypto miners

We explore “proof-of-storage" cryptocurrencies like Chia, the potential for proof-of-storage cryptojacking attacks, and steps defenders can take to detect them...

Hackers Targeting Unpatched Atlassian Confluence Servers to Deploy Crypto Miners

A now-patched critical security flaw affecting Atlassian Confluence Server that came to light a few months ago is being actively exploited for illicit cryptocurrency mining on unpatched installations. "If left unremedied and successfully exploited, this vulnerability could be used for multiple an...

MS Word Maybe Used for Cryptojacking Attacks

By David Balaban Cryptojacking JavaScript can be launched in Word documents - New This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: MS Word Maybe Used for Cryptojacking Attacks...