Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2024

Over the past year, ExCobalt targeted Russian organizations in the the following industries: Metallurgy Telecommunications Mining Information technology Government Software development The Cobalt’s hallmark was the use of the CobInt tool , the same tool that ExCobalt began using in 2022.

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File names Communications Mining Archiving 127

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The researchers are calling the malware Perfctl, the name of a malicious component that surreptitiously mines cryptocurrency. The unknown developers of the malware gave the process a name that combines the perf Linux monitoring tool and ctl, an abbreviation commonly used with command line tools.

Mining 93

Mining File names Government Communications 93

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

This provided a means of implementing guidance from government and industry bodies alike , but it also provided individuals with a repository they could check their own passwords against. I've reproduced a list that was published to the hacking forum I mentioned and that contains 2,890 file names.

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Data breaches Passwords Risk Personal data 112