NoaBot: Latest Mirai-Based Botnet Targeting SSH Servers for Crypto Mining

A new Mirai-based botnet called NoaBot is being used by threat actors as part of a crypto mining campaign since the beginning of 2023. "The capabilities of the new botnet, NoaBot, include a wormable self-spreader and an SSH key backdoor to download and execute additional binaries or spread itself...

Leaving Authentication Credentials in Public Code

Interesting article about a surprisingly common vulnerability: programmers leaving authentication credentials and other secrets in publicly accessible software code: Researchers from security firm GitGuardian this week reported finding almost 4,000 unique secrets stashed inside a total of 450,000...

ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on Linux SSH Servers

The threat actors behind ShellBot are leveraging IP addresses transformed into their hexadecimal notation to infiltrate poorly managed Linux SSH servers and deploy the DDoS malware. "The overall flow remains the same, but the download URL used by the threat actor to install ShellBot has changed...

golang.org/x/crypto/ssh DoS

The vulnerability of the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh library for the Go programming language is related to the use of cryptographic algorithms that contain vulnerabilities. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause SSH servers to fail...

New P2PInfect Worm Targets Redis Servers with Undocumented Breach Methods

The P2PInfect peer-to-peer P2 worm has been observed employing previously undocumented initial access methods to breach susceptible Redis servers and rope them into a botnet. "The malware compromises exposed instances of the Redis data store by exploiting the replication feature," Cado Security...

A proxyjacking campaign is looking for vulnerable SSH servers

A researcher at Akamai has posted a blog about a worrying new trend--proxyjacking--where criminals sell your bandwidth to a third-party proxy service. To understand how proxyjacking works, well need to explain a few things. There are several legitimate services that pay users to share their surpl...

Cybercriminals Hijacking Vulnerable SSH Servers in New Proxyjacking Campaign

An active financially motivated campaign is targeting vulnerable SSH servers to covertly ensnare them into a proxy network. "This is an active campaign in which the attacker leverages SSH for remote access, running malicious scripts that stealthily enlist victim servers into a peer-to-peer P2P...

New Diicot Threat Group Targets SSH Servers with Brute-Force Malware

By Waqas Diicot, previously known as Mexals, is a relatively new threat group that possesses extensive technical knowledge and has a broad range of objectives. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Diicot Threat Group Targets SSH Servers with Brute-Force Malware...

Legion Malware Upgraded to Target SSH Servers and AWS Credentials

An updated version of the commodity malware called Legion comes with expanded features to compromise SSH servers and Amazon Web Services AWS credentials associated with DynamoDB and CloudWatch. "This recent update demonstrates a widening of scope, with new capabilities such the ability to...

Legion Malware Upgraded to Target SSH Servers and AWS Credentials

An updated version of the commodity malware called Legion comes with expanded features to compromise SSH servers and Amazon Web Services AWS credentials associated with DynamoDB and CloudWatch. "This recent update demonstrates a widening of scope, with new capabilities such the ability to...

Hardcoded credentials

Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called connect.exe, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of connect.exe's config file is hard-coded as...

CVE-2023-29011 Git for Windows's config file of `connect.exe` is susceptible to malicious placing

Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called connect.exe, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of connect.exe's config file is hard-coded as...

New Cryptojacking Campaign Leverages Misconfigured Redis Database Servers

Misconfigured Redis database servers are the target of a novel cryptojacking campaign that leverages a legitimate and open source command-line file transfer service to implement its attack. "Underpinning this campaign was the use of transfer.sh," Cado Security said in a report shared with The...

Linux Malware Using SHC Compiler Installs CoinMiner and DDoS Bots

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new strain of Linux malware, developed using the Shc compiler, has been found to install a CoinMiner on infected systems. It is believed that this malware is being spread through dictionary attacks on...

New shc-based Linux Malware Targeting Systems with Cryptocurrency Miner

A new Linux malware developed using the shell script compiler shc has been observed deploying a cryptocurrency miner on compromised systems. "It is presumed that after successful authentication through a dictionary attack on inadequately managed Linux SSH servers, various malware were installed o...

New RapperBot malware targets gaming servers with DDoS attacks

By Deeba Ahmed RapperBot malware is known for brute-forcing SSH servers that can accept password authentication. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New RapperBot malware targets gaming servers with DDoS attacks...

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...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : OpenSSH vulnerability (K11315080)

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 15.1.10 / 16.1.4 / 17.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K11315080 advisory. In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via...

New IoT RapperBot Malware Targeting Linux Servers via SSH Brute-Forcing Attack

A new IoT botnet malware dubbed RapperBot has been observed rapidly evolving its capabilities since it was first discovered in mid-June 2022. "This family borrows heavily from the original Mirai source code, but what separates it from other IoT malware families is its built-in capability to brute...

Microsoft Warns of Cryptomining Malware Campaign Targeting Linux Servers

A cloud threat actor group tracked as 8220 has updated its malware toolset to breach Linux servers with the goal of installing crypto miners as part of a long-running campaign. "The updates include the deployment of new versions of a crypto miner and an IRC bot," Microsoft Security Intelligence...