Experts Warn of Browser Extensions Spying On Users via Cloud9 Chrome Botnet Network

The Keksec threat actor has been linked to a previously undocumented malware strain, which has been observed in the wild masquerading as an extension for Chromium-based web browsers to enslave compromised machines into a botnet. Called Cloud9 by security firm Zimperium, the malicious browser add-...

New Cryptojacking Campaign Targeting Vulnerable Docker and Kubernetes Instances

A new cryptojacking campaign has been uncovered targeting vulnerable Docker and Kubernetes infrastructures as part of opportunistic attacks designed to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike dubbed the activity Kiss-a-dog, with its command-and-control infrastructure...

Arsenal - Recon Tool installer

Arsenal is a Simple shell script Bash used to install the most important tools and requirements for your environment and save time in installing all these tools. Tools in Arsenal Name | description ---|--- Amass | The OWASP Amass Project performs network mapping of attack surfaces and external...

Vulnerable Atlassian Confluence Servers utilized to drop Crypto Miners

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Atlassian Confluence Servers CVE-2022-26134, an unauthenticated remote code execution RCE vulnerability that was recently patched, is being used by adversaries to deploy cryptocurrency mining malware...

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...

Over 39,000 Unauthenticated Redis Instances Found Exposed on the Internet

An unknown attacker targeted tens of thousands of unauthenticated Redis servers exposed on the internet in an attempt to install a cryptocurrency miner. It's not immediately known if all of these hosts were successfully compromised. Nonetheless, it was made possible by means of a "lesser-known...

Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2022-26134 Abused For Cryptocurrency Mining, Other Malware

Users are advised to patch immediately: We found exploit samples abusing the Atlassian Confluence vulnerability CVE-2022-26134 in the wild for malicious cryptocurrency mining...

Hackers Targeting WebLogic Servers and Docker APIs for Mining Cryptocurrencies

Malicious actors such as Kinsing are taking advantage of both recently disclosed and older security flaws in Oracle WebLogic Server to deliver cryptocurrency-mining malware. Cybersecurity company Trend Micro said it found the financially-motivated group leveraging the vulnerability to drop Python...

Nitrokod Crypto Miner Infected Over 111,000 Users with Copies of Popular Software

A Turkish-speaking entity called Nitrokod has been attributed to an active cryptocurrency mining campaign that involves impersonating a desktop application for Google Translate to infect over 111,000 victims in 11 countries since 2019. "The malicious tools can be used by anyone," Maya Horowitz,...

The Family That Mined the Pentagon's Data for Profit

The Freedom of Information Act helps Americans learn what the government is up to. The Poseys exploited it—and became unlikely defenders of transparency...

Add limit on NFT Mining Count

Lines of code Vulnerability details Add limit on NFT Mining Count Context: Description: Mint Function is the most important architectural part of an NFT project. The mint function has no quantity limit. For example, in a 10000 NFT project, 10000 NFT Mints can be triggered at the same time. Howeve...

CVE-2022-37450

Go Ethereum aka geth through 1.10.21 allows attackers to increase rewards by mining blocks in certain situations, and using a manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks, aka Riskless Uncle Making RUM, as exploited in the wild in 2020 through 2022...

CVE-2022-37450

Go Ethereum aka geth through 1.10.21 allows attackers to increase rewards by mining blocks in certain situations, and using a manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks, aka Riskless Uncle Making RUM, as exploited in the wild in 2020 through 2022...

CVE-2022-37450

Go Ethereum aka geth through 1.10.21 allows attackers to increase rewards by mining blocks in certain situations, and using a manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks, aka Riskless Uncle Making RUM, as exploited in the wild in 2020 through 2022...

CVE-2022-37450

Go Ethereum (geth)

A Growing Number of Malware Attacks Leveraging Dark Utilities 'C2-as-a-Service'

A nascent service called Dark Utilities has already attracted 3,000 users for its ability to provide command-and-control C2 services with the goal of commandeering compromised systems. "It is marketed as a means to enable remote access, command execution, distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack...

Go Ethereum 安全漏洞

Go Ethereum is an official Go implementation of the Ether protocol for the Ethereum community. A security vulnerability exists in Go Ethereum version 1.10.21, which stems from allowing an attacker to increase rewards by mining blocks under certain circumstances and using time-differential value...

Attackers leveraging Dark Utilities "C2aaS" platform in malware campaigns

By Edmund Brumaghin, Azim Khodjibaev and Matt Thaxton, with contributions from Arnaud Zobec. Executive Summary Dark Utilities, released in early 2022, is a platform that provides full-featured C2 capabilities to adversaries. It is marketed as a means to enable remote access, command execution,...

Australian Hacker Charged with Creating, Selling Spyware to Cyber Criminals

A 24-year-old Australian national has been charged for his purported role in the creation and sale of spyware for use by domestic violence perpetrators and child sex offenders. Jacob Wayne John Keen, who currently resides at Frankston, Melbourne, is said to have created the remote access trojan R...

Hackers Distributing Password Cracking Tool for PLCs and HMIs to Target Industrial Systems

Industrial engineers and operators are the target of a new campaign that leverages password cracking software to seize control of Programmable Logic Controllers PLCs and co-opt the machines to a botnet. The software "exploited a vulnerability in the firmware which allowed it to retrieve the...