Using gRPC and HTTP/2 for Cryptominer Deployment: An Unconventional Approach

In this blog entry, we discuss how malicious actors are exploiting Docker remote API servers via gRPC/h2c to deploy the cryptominer SRBMiner to facilitate their mining of XRP on Docker hosts...

Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Process Mining Interim Fix for Oct 2024

Summary In addition to many updates of operating system level packages, the following security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Process Mining 1.15.0 IF003 Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2018-15209 DESCRIPTION: LibTIFF is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap-based buffer...

Perfectl Malware

Perfectl in an impressive piece of malware: The malware has been circulating since at least 2021. It gets installed by exploiting more than 20,000 common misconfigurations, a capability that may make millions of machines connected to the Internet potential targets, researchers from Aqua Security...

Scam Information and Event Management

While trying to deliver malware on victims' devices and stay on them as long as they can, sometimes attackers are using quite unusual techniques. In a recent campaign starting in 2022, unknown malicious actors have been trying to mine cryptocurrency on victims' devices without user consent; they'...

New Perfctl Malware Targets Linux Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining and Proxyjacking

Misconfigured and vulnerable Linux servers are the target of an ongoing campaign that delivers a stealthy malware dubbed perfctl with the primary aim of running a cryptocurrency miner and proxyjacking software. "Perfctl is particularly elusive and persistent, employing several sophisticated...

Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Process Mining Interim Fix for Sept 2024

Summary In addition to many updates of operating system level packages, the following security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Process Mining 1.15.0 IF002 Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2024-22262 DESCRIPTION: VMware Tanzu Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing...

New TeamTNT Cryptojacking Campaign Targets CentOS Servers with Rootkit

The cryptojacking operation known as TeamTNT has likely resurfaced as part of a new campaign targeting Virtual Private Server VPS infrastructures based on the CentOS operating system. "The initial access was accomplished via a Secure Shell SSH brute force attack on the victim's assets, during whi...

Exposed Selenium Grid Servers Targeted for Crypto Mining and Proxyjacking

Internet-exposed Selenium Grid instances are being targeted by bad actors for illicit cryptocurrency mining and proxyjacking campaigns. "Selenium Grid is a server that facilitates running test cases in parallel across different browsers and versions," Cado Security researchers Tara Gould and Nate...

Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability Exploited in Crypto Mining Campaigns

Threat actors are actively exploiting a now-patched, critical security flaw impacting the Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server to conduct illicit cryptocurrency mining on susceptible instances. "The attacks involve threat actors that employ methods such as the deployment of shel...

New Malware PG_MEM Targets PostgreSQL Databases for Crypto Mining

Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked a new malware strain dubbed PGMEM that's designed to mine cryptocurrency after brute-forcing their way into PostgreSQL database instances. "Brute-force attacks on Postgres involve repeatedly attempting to guess the database credentials until access is gaine...

New PG_MEM Malware Targets PostgreSQL Databases to Mine Cryptocurrency

The new PGMEM malware targets PostgreSQL databases, exploiting weak passwords to deliver payloads and mine cryptocurrency. Researchers warn…...

New Gafgyt Botnet Variant Targets Weak SSH Passwords for GPU Crypto Mining

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of the Gafgyt botnet that's targeting machines with weak SSH passwords to ultimately mine cryptocurrency on compromised instances using their GPU computational power. This indicates that the "IoT botnet is targeting more robust servers runni...

WordPress theme SmartMag 安全漏洞

WordPress is a blogging platform developed in the PHP language by the WordPress Foundation. The platform supports personal blog sites on servers running PHP and MySQL.WordPress theme is a theme for WordPress. A security vulnerability exists in WordPress theme SmartMag version 9.3.0 and prior...

Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Process Mining 1.15.0 IF001

Summary The following security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Process Mining 1.15.0 IF001 Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2024-37891 DESCRIPTION: urllib3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to strip the Proxy-Authorization...

Ongoing Cyberattack Targets Exposed Selenium Grid Services for Crypto Mining

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm over an ongoing campaign that's leveraging internet-exposed Selenium Grid services for illicit cryptocurrency mining. Cloud security firm Wiz is tracking the activity under the name SeleniumGreed. The campaign, which is targeting older versions of...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 08 to 14 July 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries in the realm of cybersecurity threats. In the past week alone, a total of five attacks were executed, nine vulnerabilities were uncovered, and two active adversaries were...

New Poco RAT Targets Spanish-Speaking Victims in Phishing Campaign

Spanish language victims are the target of an email phishing campaign that delivers a new remote access trojan RAT called Poco RAT since at least February 2024. The attacks primarily single out mining, manufacturing, hospitality, and utilities sectors, according to cybersecurity company Cofense...

Hackers Exploiting Jenkins Script Console for Cryptocurrency Mining Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have found that it's possible for attackers to weaponize improperly configured Jenkins Script Console instances to further criminal activities such as cryptocurrency mining. "Misconfigurations such as improperly set up authentication mechanisms expose the '/script'...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in tqdm affects IBM Process Mining CVE-2024-34062

Summary There is a vulnerability in tqdm that could allow an local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. The code is used by IBM Process Mining. This bulletin identifies the security fixes to apply to address the vulnerability. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2024-34062...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Jinja affects IBM Process Mining CVE-2024-34064

Summary There is a vulnerability in Jinja that could allow an attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials. The code is used by IBM Process Mining. This bulletin identifies the security fixes to apply to address the vulnerability. Vulnerabili...