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NoaBot Pwns Hundreds of SSH Servers as Crypto Miners

‘hi’ — Mirai-based botnet exploits weak authentication to mine fake money ...

Security Boulevard

Figure 1 – Monero’s value in USD from December 2018 to June 2019, source - CoinGecko.com

Cryptojacking: An Unwanted Guest

Ratnesh Pandey | June 18, 2019 | ATT&CK, backdoor, Bromium Labs, coin miner, coinminer, crypojacking, Cryptojacking, CVE-2017-8464, doublepulsar, EquationDrug, EquationGroup, EternalBlue, ETERNALCHAMPION, EternalRomance, Exploit, Malware, masscan, Mimikatz, MITRE, Monero, nsa, ShadowBrokers, SmbTouch, SMBv1, T1031, T1035, T1050, T1053, T1058, T1065, T1089, T1094, T1095, T1105, T1107, T1112, T1128, T1129, TA0001, TA0002, TA0003, TA0004, TA0005, TA0006, TA0007, TA0008, TA0009, TA0010, TA0011, TA0040, techniques, threats, trojan, Winpcap, XMR

We analyse a cryptojacking attack that mines the Monero cryptocurrency. The value of Monero in US dollars has more than doubled over the first half of 2019, from $46 to $98. The ...

Bromium

StorageCrypt ransomware, a coinminer and more

Bart | December 6, 2017 | coin miner, coinminer, elf malware, linux malware, Ransomware, sambacry, StorageCrypt

Lawrence over at Bleeping Computer posted an interesting blog yesterday:StorageCrypt Ransomware Infecting NAS Devices Using SambaCryIn that blog, Lawrence pointed out quite some users had issues with a new ransomware, dubbed StorageCrypt, ...

Blaze's Security Blog

Rick and Morty episode? Nope, another CoinMiner

Bart | October 11, 2017 | coin miner, coinminer, crypto miner, Cryptocurrency Mining Malware, cryptominer, rick and morty, torrents are bad

Last week I got an email from someone requesting help in regards to a possible malware infection: that person downloaded a torrent, and believed it was a legitimate episode of Rick and ...

Blaze's Security Blog