Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2021

The popular code repository hosting service GitHub is investigating a crypto-mining campaign abusing its infrastructure. Code repository hosting service GitHub launched an investigation in a series of attacks aimed at abusing its infrastructure to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. SecurityAffairs – hacking, mining).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2021

Experts warn of ongoing attacks targeting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices to abuse them in cryptocurrency mining. The mining program is composed of unity_install.sh The malware was designed to abuse NAS resources and mine cryptocurrency. ” reads the analysis published by 360 Netlab. and Quick.tar.gz.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Researchers: Malware Leverages Vulnerabilities to Mine Cryptocurrency The Muhstik botnet, which has been operating for at least two years, has recently started targeting vulnerabilities in the Oracle WebLogic application server and the Drupal content management system as a way to expand its cryptocurrency mining capabilities, according to security (..)

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

Also: Crypto Hack Losses in 2023 Decreased by Over 50% This week, Orbit Chain lost $81 million in a New Year's Eve hack, Indonesian police shuttered bitcoin mining operations, dYdX named its attacker, $324,000 users fell victim to 2023 crypto phishing scams, Singapore's prime minister had a deepfake problem, and 2023 crypto losses decreased by over (..)

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 22, 2021

Researchers Say It Hijacks Powerful Computer Systems to Mine Monero Zscaler's ThreatLabz research team is tracking a new botnet dubbed DreamBus that's installing the XMRig cryptominer on powerful, enterprise-class Linux and Unix systems with the goal of using their computing power to mine monero.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Threat actors are targeting unpatched Atlassian Confluence servers as part of an ongoing crypto mining campaign. Trend Micro researchers warn of an ongoing crypto mining campaign targeting Atlassian Confluence servers affected by the CVE-2022-26134 vulnerability. The gap is being abused for malicious cryptocurrency mining.”

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Data Breach Today

MAY 18, 2020

Likely Connected: Attacks Against Systems in US, UK, China, Germany and Beyond Cryptocurrency-mining hackers appear to be behind a recent spate of supercomputer and high-performance computing system intrusions. But it's unclear if attackers might also have had data-stealing or espionage intentions.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Upon release from prison, Skorjanc became chief technology officer for NiceHash , a cryptocurrency mining service. indictment of Philbert (PDF) is unusually sparse, but it does charge him with conspiracy, suggesting the defendant was part of a group. “We’ve identified in excess of a thousand of his victims.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2022

Researchers investigated cloud-based cryptocurrency mining attacks targeting GitHub Actions and Azure VMs. Researchers from Trend Micro published a report that details cloud-based cryptocurrency mining attacks targeting GitHub Actions and Azure VMs and the threat actors behind them. ” states the report published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Microsoft warns that threat actors are using OAuth applications cryptocurrency mining campaigns and phishing attacks. Threat actors are using OAuth applications such as an automation tool in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and other financially motivated attacks. ” states Microsoft.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 28, 2023

APT43 Launders Crypto Through Mining, Says Mandiant North Korean hackers are stealing cryptocurrency to fund operations under an apparent mandate from Pyongyang to be self-sufficient, threat intel firm Mandiant says.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 6, 2022

The proposed acquisition will make it easier for customers to mine and cross-reference data that's stored on Forescout's platform.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

There, denizens with computer rigs that are built primarily for mining virtual currencies can set to work using those systems to crack passwords. But a decent crypto-mining rig can quickly crack a majority of password hashes generated with MD5 (one of the weaker and more commonly-used password hashing algorithms). TARGETED PHISHING.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

CrowdStrike researchers discovered the first-ever cryptocurrency mining campaign aimed at Dero mining since February 2023. The mining efforts by the pods are contributed back to a community pool, which distributes the reward (i.e., Dero coin) equally among its contributors through their digital wallet.”

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 16, 2019

Trend Micro Says It Moved Cranes Using RF Software Flaws Radio controllers used in the construction, mining and shipping industries are dangerously vulnerable to hackers, Trend Micro says in a new report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Experts warn of a large-scale cryptocurrency mining campaign exploiting Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control ( RBAC ). Cloud security firm Aqua discovered a large-scale cryptocurrency mining campaign exploiting Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control ( RBAC ) to create backdoors and run miners. ” concludes the report.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 30, 2024

It appears threat actors operate their own mining pools or pool proxies rather than using public ones.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Senators Introduce Bill to Task Treasury Department with Mining Assessment A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate which, if passed, would find the Treasury Department actively monitoring cryptocurrency mining abroad, as well as its ultimate impact on U.S.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 29, 2023

New analysis shows sources of cryptocurrency being placed into mining pools with huge deposits that make it easier for cybercriminals to make their ransom funds untraceable.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 7, 2019

$2 Billion From Cryptocurrency and Bank Heists Funneled to Weapons A confidential, leaked UN report warns that North Korea has funneled an estimated $2 billion - stolen via online bank and cryptocurrency exchange heists as well as generated via cryptocurrency mining - into its nuclear and missile-development programs.

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OpenText Information Management

JULY 9, 2024

Dig out trapped insights with text mining Traditional methods for gaining customer insights – like combing through 3rd-party review websites, Google Analytics, competitive research, and survey results – are slow and expensive. What is text mining? They also leave a lot of the good stuff buried because it’s too difficult to pull out.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 5, 2018

Criminals' Quest for Cryptocurrency Continues If 2017 was the year of ransomware innovation, 2018 is well on its way to being known as the year of cryptocurrency mining malware. Numerous studies have found that the most seen malware attacks today are designed for cryptojacking.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. Experts pointed out that even if the group is expanding its arsenal adding new capabilities, it still focuses on cryptocurrency mining. ” reads the analysis published by AT&T. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 10, 2024

It turns out, Fortuna observed, that GenAI/LLM is perfectly suited to the deeper mining of personal data collected by pixels as well as other JavaScript mechanisms currently in wide use. Jscrambler provides granular visibility and monitoring of JavaScript coding thus enabling companies to set and enforce security rules and privacy policies.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 7, 2022

On June 6, 2021, Conti underling “ Begemot ” pitched Stern on a scheme to rip off a bunch of people mining virtual currencies, by launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a cryptocurrency mining pool. “Like Netherium, Polkadot and Binance smart chain, etc.,” ” Stern wrote.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

The records exposed by First American would have been a virtual gold mine for phishers and scammers involved in so-called Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, which often impersonate real estate agents, closing agencies, title and escrow firms in a bid to trick property buyers into wiring funds to fraudsters. First American Financial Corp.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

PaloAlto Network warns of the WatchDog botnet that uses exploits to take over Windows and Linux servers and mine cryptocurrency. 27, 2019 and already mined at least 209 Monero (XMR), valued to be around $32,056 USD. The WatchDog botnet has been active at least since Jan. Drupal Versions 7 and 8. x before 1.4.3)

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

However, if an attacker possesses 51% or more of the computational power of the entire network, they can force nodes to accept their alternate chain, because it’s built with more mining power than the “legitimate” chain currently on the network. Attackers can use this method of rewriting history to reverse transactions.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

The code decodes and retrieves a shell script (“unmi.sh”) from a remote server, in turn, it fetches a configuration file for the mining activity along with the CoinMiner file hosted on GitLab. This file outlines the cryptocurrency mining setting. The first stage of the malware resides in the processor.py

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2021

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. The TeamTNT cybercrime group has improved its Linux cryptocurrency miner by implementing open-source detection evasion capabilities. Set persistence through systemd. Drop and activate the new tool as service.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2023

To make matters worse, a majority of the information in that credit report is not mine. Experian fixed the glitch, but remained silent about the incident for a month. “During this time period, we experienced an isolated technical issue where a security feature may not have functioned,” Experian explained.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

I first heard about the domain in December 2020, when a reader told me how his entire network had been hijacked by a cryptocurrency mining botnet that called home to it. Let’s just get this out of the way right now: It wasn’t me. krebsonsecurity[.]top top (NOT a safe domain, hence the hobbling). Image: Shadowserver.org.

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OpenText Information Management

MAY 30, 2024

OpenText™ is thrilled to announce that our IDOL™ platform has been named a leader in Forrester's recent vendor evaluation for document mining and analytics providers. Discover the Power of OpenText IDOL OpenText IDOL offers advanced AI-driven document mining and analytics to manage and extract insights from diverse data sources.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2019

For the second year in a row, denizens of a large German-language online forum have donated more than USD $250,000 to cancer research organizations in protest of a story KrebsOnSecurity published in 2018 that unmasked the creators of Coinhive , a now-defunct cryptocurrency mining service that was massively abused by cybercriminals.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

By opting for an open and collective decision-making process, they were able to retain the trust of their vast community, including mine. Preserving privacy for a greater good The Internet was designed as a platform for peer research, not for the vast scale and diverse uses we see today. The trust deficit we experience today is palpable.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

The agencies said crooks use the vished VPN credentials to mine the victim company databases for their customers’ personal information to leverage in other attacks. ” The perpetrators focus on social engineering new hires at the targeted company, and impersonate staff at the target company’s IT helpdesk.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The threat actors used the gRPC protocol over h2c to bypass security and execute crypto mining on Docker hosts, manipulating Docker functionalities via gRPC methods. “Afterwards, the attacker downloaded and deployed the SRBMiner cryptominer from GitHub, and started mining to their cryptocurrency wallet and public IP address.”

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