IntelBroker Leaks Alleged National Security Data Tied to US Contractor Acuity Inc.

By Waqas The leaked data was previously being sold by the IntelBroker hacker for just $3,000 in Monero XMR cryptocurrency. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: IntelBroker Leaks Alleged National Security Data Tied to US Contractor Acuity Inc...

Hacker Claims Breaching US Federal Contractor Acuity, Selling ICE, USCIS Data

By Waqas The teasure trove of highly sentisive data is being sold for just $3,000 in Monero XMR cryptocurrency on Breach Forums. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker Claims Breaching US Federal Contractor Acuity, Selling ICE, USCIS Data...

Cryptojacking Group TeamTNT Suspected of Using Decoy Miner to Conceal Data Exfiltration

The cryptojacking group known as TeamTNT is suspected to be behind a previously undiscovered strain of malware used to mine Monero cryptocurrency on compromised systems. That's according to Cado Security, which found the sample after Sysdig detailed a sophisticated attack known as SCARLETEEL aime...

Revamped Prometei Botnet Version Infects Over 10,000 Systems

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Prometei v3 botnet, an upgraded version of the Prometei botnet malware, has compromised over 10,000 systems mining the Monero cryptocurrency. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow...

Prometei botnet uses NSA exploit, hits unpatched MS exchange servers

By Waqas Unpatched MS Exchange Servers are being hunted by Prometei botnet to expand its army of Monero cryptocurrency mining bots. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Prometei botnet uses NSA exploit, hits unpatched MS exchange servers...

Windows, Linux Devices Hijacked In Two-Year Cryptojacking Campaign

Cryptocurrency-mining malware, called WatchDog, has been running under the radar for more than two years – in what researchers call one of the largest and longest-lasting Monero cryptojacking attacks to date. Click to Register The attack is still in operation as of this writing – and due to the...

FreakOut! Ongoing Botnet Attack Exploiting Recent Linux Vulnerabilities

An ongoing malware campaign has been found exploiting recently disclosed vulnerabilities in network-attached storage NAS devices running on Linux systems to co-opt the machines into an IRC botnet for launching distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks and mining Monero cryptocurrency. The attack...

On the trail of the XMRig miner

As protection methods improve, the developers of miners have had to enhance their own creations, often turning to non-trivial solutions. Several such solutions previously unseen by us were detected during our analysis of the open source miner XMRig. How it all began: ransominer Alongside well-kno...

After Windows, Lucifer malware returns to haunt Linux devices

By Sudais Asif Lucifer malware is capable of conducting DDoS attacks and mine Monero cryptocurrency. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: After Windows, Lucifer malware returns to haunt Linux devices...

REvil Ransomware Gang Adds Auction Feature for Stolen Data

The REvil ransomware gang also known as Sodinokibi has added an auction feature to its underground website that allows anonymous bidding on information stolen in its targeted ransomware campaigns. The auction capability appeared at the beginning of June, according to an analysis from Cyberint. In...

Blue Mockingbird Monero-Mining Campaign Exploits Web Apps

A Monero cryptocurrency-mining campaign has emerged that exploits a known vulnerability in public-facing web applications built on the ASP.NET open-source web framework. The campaign has been dubbed Blue Mockingbird by the analysts at Red Canary that discovered the activity. Research uncovered th...

Malicious USB Drives Infect 35,000 Computers With Crypto-Mining Botnet

Cybersecurity researchers from ESET on Thursday said they took down a portion of a malware botnet comprising at least 35,000 compromised Windows systems that attackers were secretly using to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The botnet, named "VictoryGate," has been active since May 2019, with infectio...

Epee Levin Packet Deserialization Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the Levin deserialization functionality of the epee library. A specially crafted network packet can cause a logic flaw, resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a packet to trigger this vulnerability. Tested Versions Monero...

Hackers Infect Over 200,000 MikroTik Routers With Crypto Mining Malware

Security researchers have discovered at least three massive malware campaigns exploiting hundreds of thousands of unpatched MikroTik routers to secretly install cryptocurrency miners on computers connected to them. In all, the malware campaigns have compromised more than 210,000 routers from...

New Mac cryptominer uses XMRig

A new Mac cryptominer was discovered this week, after affected users saw their fans whirring out of control and a process named "mshelper" gobbling up CPU time like Cookie Monster. Fortunately, this malware is not very sophisticated and is easy to remove. The malware became public knowledge in a...

Who and What Is Coinhive?

Multiple security firms recently identified cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive as the top malicious threat to Web users, thanks to the tendency for Coinhive's computer code to be used on hacked Web sites to steal the processing power of its visitors' devices. This post looks at how Coinhive...

ISPs Caught Injecting Cryptocurrency Miners and Spyware In Some Countries

Governments in Turkey and Syria have been caught hijacking local internet users' connections to secretly inject surveillance malware, while the same mass interception technology has been found secretly injecting browser-based cryptocurrency mining scripts into users' web traffic in Egypt...

Ad Network Circumvents Ad-Blocking Tools To Run In-Browser Cryptojacker Scripts

Cryptojackers are getting resourceful and have figured out how to bypass ad-blocking software and deliver the Coinhive JavaScript miner via browser-based ads. Researchers at Qihoo’s Netlab 360 said it recently spotted an advertising network that was using what is called a domain generation...

LA Times website hacked to mine Monero cryptocurrency

By Waqas Another day, another Monero cryptocurrency miner - This time, the target This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LA Times website hacked to mine Monero cryptocurrency...

Cryptojacking Attack Found on Los Angeles Times Website

Researchers said they found cryptojacking code hidden on the Los Angeles Times’ interactive Homicide Report webpage that was quietly harnessing visitors’ CPUs to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The cryptojacking incident was found by Troy Mursch, a security researcher at Bad Packets Report, on...