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OAuth apps used in cryptocurrency mining, phishing campaigns, and BEC attacks

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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Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) shut down the mill after a ransomware attack

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2023

The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) was hit with a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) announced to have suffered a ransomware attack late on December 27, 2022, which impacted its operation. . ” concludes the statement. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Group-IB: The Shadow Market Is Flooded with Cheap Mining Software

Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2018

Group-IB is recording new outbreaks of illegal mining (cryptojacking) threats in the networks of commercial and state organizations. Group-IB, an international company specializing in the prevention of cyberattacks, is recording new outbreaks of illegal mining (cryptojacking) threats in the networks of commercial and state organizations.

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Hospital Hit With Cryptocurrency Mining Malware

Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Are More Healthcare Sector Entities at Risk? Do healthcare entities face a growing risk of being hit with cryptocurrency mining attacks, which have become more common in other sectors? A Tennessee hospital may be the first victim in the sector, and some security experts predict many more such incidents.

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Android Debugging Tools Also Useful for Compromising Devices, Mining Cryptocurrency

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2018

As long as the adb tools is being used in a secured environment, it presents little risk. ” The binary establishes a connection to the C&C server, then scans processes running on the compromised device and attempts to kill any that are running the CoinHive script that could be mining Monero. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Threat actors exploit Atlassian Confluence bug in cryptomining campaigns

Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2024

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical flaw in the Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server in cryptocurrency mining campaigns. A second threat actor used a shell script to execute cryptocurrency mining activities across all accessible endpoints in the customer environment using Secure Shell (SSH).

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Crooks spread malware via pirated movies during COVID-19 outbreak

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The campaign primarily targets users in Spain and South American countries, aims to launch a coin-mining shellcode directly in memory. The in-memory DLL then injects a coin-mining code into notepad.exe through process hollowing. .” reads the Tweet published by the Microsoft Security Intelligence team.

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Cryptocurrency Infrastructure Flaws Pose Bitcoin Risks

Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Flaws in bitcoin mining firmware and hacks of wallet software show that the infrastructure associated with cryptocurrency is not always well-secured. Major Cybercrime Gangs Shift From Hacking Banks to Bitcoins Bitcoin's massive rise in value and hype continues to draw the attention of hackers, scammers and organized crime.

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Atlassian Confluence zero-day CVE-2023-22515 actively exploited in attacks

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

“Instances on the public internet are particularly at risk, as this vulnerability is exploitable anonymously.” Trend Micro researchers warned of a crypto mining campaign targeting Atlassian Confluence servers affected by the CVE-2022-26134 RCE vulnerability disclosed in early June 2022.

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PgMiner botnet exploits disputed CVE to hack unsecured PostgreSQL DBs

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

“We believe PGMiner is the first cryptocurrency mining botnet that is delivered via PostgreSQL.” Once the bot accessed to the database, it uses the PostgreSQL “ COPY from PROGRAM ” feature to download and launch the coin mining scripts directly from the underlying server. ” continues the analysis.

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News alert: Beazley reports on how AI, new tech distract businesses as cyber risk intensifies

The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing. trillion by 2025, a 300% increase since 2015 1.

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Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Emerging threats Cybercrime often exploits precisely the lack of regulation and centralized controls of cryptocurrencies to deceive investors and embezzle funds through various forms of phishing, investment scams, digital wallet theft, ransomware, and illegal mining.

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How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Peter German , a former deputy commissioner for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who authored two reports on money laundering in British Columbia, told the publicationsit goes against the spirit of Canadas registration requirements for such businesses, which are considered high-risk for money laundering and terrorist financing.

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US CISA and NSA publish guidance to secure Kubernetes deployments

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

US CISA and NSA released new guidance that provides recommendations on how to harden Kubernetes deployments and minimize the risk of hack. In recent months the number of cyberattacks against misconfigured Kybernetes systems has surged, threat actors mainly used the to illegally mine cryptocurrencies.

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Sopra Steria hit by the Ryuk ransomware gang

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Security measures have been taken to limit the risk of propagation.” A few days before, EVRAZ , one of the world’s largest multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining companies, has been hit by the Ryuk ransomware. A cyber attack was detected on the Sopra Steria computer network on the evening of October 20.

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LemonDuck Shows Malware Can Evolve, Putting Linux and Microsoft at Risk

eSecurity Planet

JULY 27, 2021

The LemonDuck malware that for the past couple of years has been known for its cryptocurrency mining and botnet capabilities is evolving into a much broader threat, moving into new areas of cyber attacks, targeting both Linux and Microsoft systems and expanding its geographical reach, according to security researchers with Microsoft.

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First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine

Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

Under First American’s documented vulnerability remediation policies, the data leak was classified as a security weakness with a “level 3” severity, which placed it in the “medium risk” category and required remediation within 45 days. “The [employee] did not request a waiver or risk acceptance from the CISO.”

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Multiple threat actors exploit PHP flaw CVE-2024-4577 to deliver malware

Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2024

The attackers injected a command that relies on a PowerShell script to download and execute a script to spin up XMRig from a remote mining pool. The continuously shrinking time that defenders have to protect themselves after a new vulnerability disclosure is yet another critical security risk.” ” concludes the report.

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Capital One Hacker indicted on federal charges for Wire Fraud and Computer Data Theft

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2019

According to the indictment, Paige THOMPSON created a scanning software that used to identify AWS customers who had misconfigured their firewalls, then the hacker accessed their servers to steal data, and to “mine” cryptocurrency. ” continues the indictment. Thompson faces up to 25 years in prison due to the charges in the indictment.

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Beapy Cryptojacking campaign leverages EternalBlue exploit to spread

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

Every Window machine running an old vulnerable version that exposes an SMB service is at risk of hack. ” Experts observed a spike in the activity of Beapy in March: Since Coinhive cryptocurrency mining service shut down in March, experts observed a drop in cryptojacking attacks.

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Chinese Group Targeting Vulnerable Cloud Providers, Applications

Data Breach Today

JANUARY 21, 2023

Crypto Mining Campaign Targets Public Cloud Environments, Increases Security Risks Cybersecurity researchers say a Chinese for-profit threat group tracked as 8220 Gang is targeting cloud providers and poorly secured applications with a custom-built crypto miner and IRC bot.

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U.S. CISA adds Aviatrix Controllers vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2025

In AWS, Aviatrix Controllers default privilege escalation amplifies the risk of exploitation, enabling cryptojacking and backdoor attacks, per Wiz Research. Threat actors exploit the vulnerability to mine cryptocurrency with XMRig, deploy Sliver backdoors, and likely enumerate cloud permissions for potential data exfiltration.

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Improve safety using root cause analysis and strengthening information management

OpenText Information Management

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The energy and resources sector including utilities, oil and gas, chemicals, and metals & mining is one of the most hazardous in the world. Despite this positive trend there’s plenty more room to reduce risk and advance along the ‘journey toward zero’ health, safety, and environment (HSE) incidents that every company in this sector is on.

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Threat actors actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaws to deliver malware

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

Since the public availability of Public proof-of-concept (POC) exploits for these vulnerabilities the risk of widespread exploitation increased. In other instances analyzed by Trend Micro, threat actors deployed a variant of the open-source XMRig cryptocurrency-mining malware to vulnerable TeamCity servers.

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FTX Collapse Highlights the Cybersecurity Risks of Crypto

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

One way is through hijacking computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies. Security risks for end users take the form of two discrete methods: private key theft and ice phishing attacks,” said Christian Seifert, Researcher, Forta.org. Crypto can also be a way to leverage cybersecurity breaches.

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CISA adds Looney Tunables Linux bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities , FCEB agencies have to address the identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect their networks against attacks exploiting the flaws in the catalog.

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Cybercriminals Are Targeting AI Conversational Platforms

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Financial institutions (FIs) are widely implementing such technologies to accelerate customer support and internal workflows, which may also trigger compliance and supply chain risks. Bots can collect valuable data from user interactions, which can be analyzed to gain insights into customer preferences and behaviors.

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Modular Cryptojacking malware uses worm abilities to spread

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2019

“Recently, 360 Total Security team intercepted a new worm PsMiner written in Go, which uses CVE-2018-1273, CVE-2017-10271, CVE-2015-1427, CVE-2014-3120 and other high-risk vulnerabilities ? The final stage payload is the open source Xmrig CPU miner that allows PSMiner to mine for Monero cryptocurrency.

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Criminals' Cryptocurrency Addiction Continues

Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Cryptojacking Attacks Are Reshaping Today's Threat Landscape Cryptojacking - the hidden mining of virtual currencies - continues to be a focus for online attackers. As the detection of cryptocurrency mining malware continues to rise, Europol warns that cryptojacking will remain "a regular, low-risk revenue stream for cybercriminals."

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Cryptocurrency Miners Crash Malware 'Top 10'

Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Beyond Stolen CPU Cycles, Miners Pose Enterprise Security Risks The booming interest and sometimes surging values of cryptocurrencies are drawing the interest of cybercriminals on a scale never seen before - including attacks aimed at trying to steal computing power to mine cryptocurrency.

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Kinsing malware targets Kubernetes environments via misconfigured PostgreSQL

Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Kinsing malware abuses the resources of the Docker installations to mine cryptocurrency. “It’s important for security teams to be aware of exposed containers and vulnerable images and try to mitigate the risk before they are breached. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Kubernetes).

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WeSteal, a shameless commodity cryptocurrency stealer available for sale

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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Prometei botnet is targeting ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange flaws

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

The crypto-mining has a modular structure and employes multiple techniques to infect systems and evade detection. The malware authors are able to add more modules and expand their capabilities easily, and potentially even shift to another payload objective, more destructive than just mining Monero.” ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 411 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2023

Kaspersky released a new decryptor for Conti-based ransomware US govt agencies released a joint alert on the Lockbit 3.0 Kaspersky released a new decryptor for Conti-based ransomware US govt agencies released a joint alert on the Lockbit 3.0

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 312

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MAY 2, 2021

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 450 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Cranes, drills and other industrial machines exposed to hack by RF protocols

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2019

Machines used in transportation, manufacturing, construction, and mining sectors often use radio frequency (RF) protocols. Trend Micro researchers analyzed RF controllers in lab environment and in the real scenarios demonstrating the presence of the flaws and the associated risks. ” reads the report.

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Atlassian addresses a critical Jira authentication bypass flaw

Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

Customers that are using any apps listed in the Determining which apps are affected section and all versions of the app are affected can mitigate the security risk by disabling the app until they’re able to install a fixed version of Jira or Jira Service Management. The vulnerability was reported by Khoadha of Viettel Cyber Security.

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How IBM process mining unleashed new efficiencies in BoB-Cardif Life

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 15, 2024

How do organizations avoid the digital risks of ‘technology misuse’ and achieve efficient innovation that ‘technology promotes production’? Ltd (BoB-Cardif Life) partnered with IBM® Using IBM Client Engineering methods and introducing AI-powered process mining product IBM Process Mining.

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NSA, CISA Report Outlines Risks, Mitigations for Kubernetes

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

. “While data theft is traditionally the primary motivation, cyber actors seeking computational power (often for cryptocurrency mining) are also drawn to Kubernetes to harness the underlying infrastructure. It helps reduce risks through deep visibility into the host operating system and OpenShift and reports back metrics to reduce risk.

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GUEST ESSAY: The timing is ripe to instill trust in the open Internet — and why this must get done

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Leveraging WebAssembly’s sandboxing capabilities allows us to isolate potential risks, while Rust provides the memory safety essential for our modern internet applications. By opting for an open and collective decision-making process, they were able to retain the trust of their vast community, including mine.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

” The government alleges the group monetized its illicit access by deploying ransomware and “ cryptojacking ” tools (using compromised systems to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin). Chengdu404’s offices in China. Image: DOJ.

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How process mining improves IT service management to save your business time and money

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 17, 2023

Any issues with these applications can lead to decreased productivity, wasted time and potential security risks. Auto-discovery tools like process mining — a tool gaining popularity with organizations — does just that. Process mining is an ideal solution to start planning for automation.

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DirtyMoe modules expand the bot using worm-like techniques

Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. Experts defined DirtyMoe as a complex malware that has been designed as a modular system. ” reads an analsys published by Avast.”One

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OAuth apps used in cryptocurrency mining, phishing campaigns, and BEC attacks

Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) shut down the mill after a ransomware attack

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Group-IB: The Shadow Market Is Flooded with Cheap Mining Software

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Hospital Hit With Cryptocurrency Mining Malware

Android Debugging Tools Also Useful for Compromising Devices, Mining Cryptocurrency

Threat actors exploit Atlassian Confluence bug in cryptomining campaigns

Crooks spread malware via pirated movies during COVID-19 outbreak

Cryptocurrency Infrastructure Flaws Pose Bitcoin Risks

Atlassian Confluence zero-day CVE-2023-22515 actively exploited in attacks

PgMiner botnet exploits disputed CVE to hack unsecured PostgreSQL DBs

News alert: Beazley reports on how AI, new tech distract businesses as cyber risk intensifies

Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling

How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

US CISA and NSA publish guidance to secure Kubernetes deployments

Sopra Steria hit by the Ryuk ransomware gang

LemonDuck Shows Malware Can Evolve, Putting Linux and Microsoft at Risk

First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine

Multiple threat actors exploit PHP flaw CVE-2024-4577 to deliver malware

Capital One Hacker indicted on federal charges for Wire Fraud and Computer Data Theft

Beapy Cryptojacking campaign leverages EternalBlue exploit to spread

Chinese Group Targeting Vulnerable Cloud Providers, Applications

U.S. CISA adds Aviatrix Controllers vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Improve safety using root cause analysis and strengthening information management

Threat actors actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaws to deliver malware

FTX Collapse Highlights the Cybersecurity Risks of Crypto

CISA adds Looney Tunables Linux bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Cybercriminals Are Targeting AI Conversational Platforms

Modular Cryptojacking malware uses worm abilities to spread

Criminals' Cryptocurrency Addiction Continues

Cryptocurrency Miners Crash Malware 'Top 10'

Kinsing malware targets Kubernetes environments via misconfigured PostgreSQL

WeSteal, a shameless commodity cryptocurrency stealer available for sale

Prometei botnet is targeting ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange flaws

Security Affairs newsletter Round 411 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs newsletter Round 312

Security Affairs newsletter Round 450 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cranes, drills and other industrial machines exposed to hack by RF protocols

Atlassian addresses a critical Jira authentication bypass flaw

How IBM process mining unleashed new efficiencies in BoB-Cardif Life

NSA, CISA Report Outlines Risks, Mitigations for Kubernetes

GUEST ESSAY: The timing is ripe to instill trust in the open Internet — and why this must get done

Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

How process mining improves IT service management to save your business time and money

DirtyMoe modules expand the bot using worm-like techniques

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