Adam Levin

MAY 5, 2020

Hackers successfully breached the servers of a popular blogging platform and used them to mine cryptocurrency. Ghost, a Singapore-based blogging platform with 2,000,000 installations and 750,000 active users, announced that hackers had breached their systems. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

“I suspect it’s probably a derivate of other IoT crypto mining botnets,” Cashdollar told The Register. “This one seems to target enterprise systems.” System administrators need to employ security best practices with the systems they manage.” ” Cashdollar concludes.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

They will often describe potential “legitimate” uses for their malware – only to further describe anti-malware evasion properties, silent installation and operation or features such as cryptocurrency mining, password theft or disabling webcam lights.” ” reads the post published by Palo Alto Networks.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

To protect your devices, update and patch your software frequently, use strong passwords, install intrusion detection systems, and watch for any suspicious activity. Users should immediately update to the most recent versions by going to System Configuration > System Administration > Update Software.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system administrators. Class breaks are endemic to computerized systems, and they're not something that we as users can defend against with better personal security. Your guess is as good as mine.

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