This Week in Security News - May 28, 2021

Nearly 50,000 IPs Compromised in Worm-like TeamTNT Attack and Misconfigurations are the Biggest Threat to Cloud Security...

TeamTNT Targets Kubernetes, Nearly 50,000 IPs Compromised in Worm-like Attack

We have found and confirmed close to 50,000 IPs compromised by this attack perpetrated by TeamTNT across multiple clusters. Several IPs were repeatedly exploited during the timeframe of the episode, occurring between March and May...

TeamTNT’s Extended Credential Harvester Targets Cloud Services, Other Software

We found new evidence that the cybercriminal group TeamTNT has extended its credential harvesting capabilities to include multiple cloud and non-cloud services...

Denial Of Service (DoS) Via Infinite Loop

teamtnt/tntsearch is vulnerable to denial of service attacks. An infinite loop is triggered when the search query doesn't contain opening parentheses, resulting in denial of service conditions...

New Malware Hijacks Kubernetes Clusters to Mine Monero

Researchers have discovered never-before-seen malware, dubbed Hildegard, that is being used by the TeamTNT threat group to target Kubernetes clusters. While Hildegard, initially detected in January 2021, is initially being used to launch cryptojacking operations, researchers believe that the...

TeamTNT Cloaks Malware With Open-Source Tool

The TeamTNT threat group has added a new detection-evasion tool to its arsenal, helping its cryptomining malware skirt by defense teams. The TeamTNT cybercrime group is known for cloud-based attacks, including targeting Amazon Web Services AWS credentials in order to break into the cloud and use ...

Black-T Malware Emerges From Cryptojacker Group TeamTNT

Researchers have discovered the latest cryptojacking malware gambit from TeamTNT, called Black-T. The variant builds on the group’s typical approach, with a few new — and sophisticated — extras. TeamTNT is known for its targeting of Amazon Web Services AWS credentials, to break into the cloud and...

TeamTNT Gains Full Remote Takeover of Cloud Instances

The TeamTNT cybercrime gang is back, attacking Docker and Kubernetes cloud instances by abusing a legitimate cloud-monitoring tool called Weave Scope, according to researchers. The open-source Weave Scope “provides a top down view into your app as well as your entire infrastructure, and allows yo...

Cybercriminals Are Using Legit Cloud Monitoring Tools As Backdoor

A cybercrime group that has previously struck Docker and Kubernetes cloud environments has evolved to repurpose genuine cloud monitoring tools as a backdoor to carry out malicious attacks, according to new research. "To our knowledge, this is the first time attackers have been caught using...

Cybercriminals Are Using Legit Cloud Monitoring Tools As Backdoor

A cybercrime group that has previously struck Docker and Kubernetes cloud environments has evolved to repurpose genuine cloud monitoring tools as a backdoor to carry out malicious attacks, according to new research. "To our knowledge, this is the first time attackers have been caught using...

AWS Cryptojacking Worm Spreads Through the Cloud

A cryptomining worm from the group known as TeamTNT is spreading through the Amazon Web Services AWS cloud and collecting credentials. Once the logins are harvested, the malware logs in and deploys the XMRig mining tool to mine Monero cryptocurrency. According to researchers at Cado Security, the...