Collaborate Disseminate
A threat actor been spotted on a number of honeypots looking to download and execute malicious cryptomining malware. Continue reading New Threat Actor ‘Rocke’: A Rising Monero Cryptomining Menace
By Waqas
ZombieBoy malware makes $1,000 Monero on a monthly basis. An independent security expert James Quinn has discovered a new family of cryptominers that has been dubbed as ZombieBoy. According to Quinn’s analysis, the newly discovered cryptominin… Continue reading ZombieBoy cryptomining malware exploits CVEs to evade detection
While analyzing recent drive-by download attacks, security researchers have uncovered a large malvertising operation that infiltrated the legitimate online ad ecosystem and abuses more than 10,000 compromised websites. Malicious advertising, or malver… Continue reading Researchers Uncover Massive Malvertising Operation
Threat actors switch to the Hidden Bee miner as a payload for this unusual and complex drive-by download campaign.
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Exploits
Threat analysis
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The Rakhni Trojan is now giving bad actors the ability to infect victims either with a ransomware cryptor or a miner. Continue reading Old Malware Gives Criminals Tricky New Choice: Ransomware or Mining
The Gentoo Linux project has finished investigating the hacking last week of its GitHub-hosted package repository, an incident that resulted in attackers distributing malicious code to users. The point of entry turned out to be a weak admin password t… Continue reading Gentoo Repository Compromised Due to Weak Admin Password
New Mac cryptominer malware is using the XMRig library to mine Monero on infected Macs.
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Mac
Threat analysis
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Cryptominer WinstarNssmMiner is an aggressive malware strain that has launched 500,000 attacks in the past three days earning criminals $28,000. Continue reading New Cryptominer Distributes XMRig in Aggressive Attacks
The malware targets Windows servers with a cornucopia of well-known exploits, all within a single executable — including the EternalBlue NSA hacking tool. Continue reading MassMiner Takes a Kitchen-Sink Approach to Cryptomining
A malware family called Rarog is becoming an appealing and affordable entry point for hackers to run cryptocurrency mining campaigns, researchers say. Continue reading Rarog Trojan ‘Easy Entry’ For New Cryptomining Crooks, Report Warns