dhpcd: The Cryptominer That Hid for Four Years

Akamai Researchers have uncovered a long-running attack campaign attack targeting Linux SSH servers that has been running a monero cryptominer...

Stealthy Linux Malware Shikitega Deploying Monero Cryptominer

By Deeba Ahmed The stealthy malware leverages security flaws to gain privilege escalation and establish persistence. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Stealthy Linux Malware Shikitega Deploying Monero Cryptominer...

Evasive Shikitega Linux malware drops Monero cryptominer

Researchers from the AT&T Alien Labs Resarch have discovered a new and stealthy Linux malware it's dubbed Shikitega. Once it's on a machine or device, Shitega executes a "multistage infection chain" involving small files, a couple of vulnerabilities, and the use of Mettle, a portable Metasploit...

Prometei Botnet Could Fire Up APT-Style Attacks

A heretofore little-seen botnet dubbed Prometei is taking a page from advanced persistent threat APT cyberattackers: The malware is exploiting two of the Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities collectively known as ProxyLogon, in order to drop a Monero cryptominer on its targets. It’s also highly...

Attackers Target ProxyLogon Exploit to Install Cryptojacker

Cryptojacking can be added to the list of threats that face any unpatched Exchange servers that remain vulnerable to the now-infamous ProxyLogon exploit, new research has found. Researchers discovered the threat actors using Exchange servers compromised using the highly publicized exploit...