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By Waqas KEY FINDINGS Cybersecurity researchers at Group-IB unearthed a covert cryptojacking campaign concealed within a popular online thesaurus boasting… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Popular Thesaurus Website Used in Sneaky Cryptojacking Scheme
Continue ReadingBy Deeba Ahmed Cyble Research and Intelligence Lab’s cybersecurity researchers have disclosed how threat actors exploit gamers by delivering malware-loaded installers of popular games. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Super Mario 3 Installers Drop Crypto Miner, Data Stealer
Continue ReadingBy Habiba Rashid So far, researchers have identified approximately 50 phishing websites, all targeting MSI Afterburner to deliver malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch Out Gamers: Hackers Exploiting MSI Afterburner to Deliver Coin Miner
Continue ReadingCes derniers temps, nous avons beaucoup parlé des cryptomonnaies, mais aussi des diverses arnaques et autres activités malveillantes qui ciblent la cryptomonnaie. Nos chercheurs ont récemment analysé la situation de mineurs malveillants, des programmes qui génèrent secrètement de la cryptomonnaie pour leur propriétaire en utilisant les ressources des ordinateurs d’autres personnes. Même si les mineurs […]
Continue ReadingBy 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
Continue ReadingBy Waqas Nitrokod crypto miner mines Monero (XMR) coin on infected devices and so far it has targeted 111,000 unsuspecting users in 11 countries. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nitrokod Crypto Miner Hiding in Fake Microsoft and Google Translate Apps
Continue ReadingIn this Help Net Security video, Ax Sharma, Senior Security Researcher at Sonatype, discusses newly found PyPI packages that pack ransomware, and another package that appears to be safe but silently drops fileless malware to mine cryptocurrency (Monero) on the infected system – all while evading detection. The post Malicious PyPI packages drop ransomware, fileless […]
Continue ReadingExperts spotted a new botnet named Orchard using Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s account information to generate malicious domains. 360 Netlab researchers recently discovered a new botnet named Orchard that uses Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin account (1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa) transaction information to generate DGA domain name. “Another change relates to the use of the DGA algorithm employed in the […]
Continue ReadingMicrosoft spotted a cloud threat actor tracked as 8220 that is now targeting Linux servers in a long-running cryptomining campaign. Microsoft Security Intelligence experts are warning of a long-running campaign conducted by a cloud threat actor group, tracked as 8220, that is now targeting Linux servers to install crypto miners. “We observed notable updates to […]
Continue ReadingMicrosoft reported that the Sysrv botnet is targeting Windows and Linux servers exploiting flaws in the Spring Framework and WordPress. Microsoft Security Intelligence team Microsoft reported that a new variant of the Sysrv botnet, tracked as Sysrv-K, now includes exploits for vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress. Threat actors use the botnet in a cryptomining campaign targeting Windows […]
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