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Cado Security has identified a crypto-mining worm that attempts to steal Amazon Web Services credentials belonging to the organizations whose systems it has infected. The TeamTNT worm can also scan for open Docker APIs, execute Docker images and install itself.
Several supercomputers across Europe were taken offline last week after being targeted in what appears to be a crypto-mining campaign. While CSCS' notice says that the background of the attack is currently unclear, the European Grid Infrastructure security team issued an alert claiming that the purpose of the attack is cryptocurrency mining.
A Monero cryptocurrency-mining campaign has emerged that exploits a known vulnerability in public-facing web applications built on the ASP.NET open-source web framework. The campaign has been dubbed Blue Mockingbird by the analysts at Red Canary that discovered the activity.
Cybersecurity researchers from ESET on Thursday said they took down a portion of a malware botnet comprising at least 35,000 compromised Windows systems that attackers were secretly using to mine Monero cryptocurrency. "The main activity of the botnet is mining Monero cryptocurrency," ESET said.
Cybersecurity researchers from ESET on Thursday said they took down a portion of a malware botnet comprising at least 35,000 compromised Windows systems that attackers were secretly using to mine Monero cryptocurrency. "The main activity of the botnet is mining Monero cryptocurrency," ESET said.
Zoom has nixed a feature that came under fire for "Undisclosed data mining" of users' names and email addresses, used to match them with their LinkedIn profiles. Zoom founder Eric Yuan said in a Wednesday post responding to the concerns that Zoom will freeze the development of its features and instead focusing on security and privacy issues.
Facebook clearly likes to use as much of your personal data as it feels it can, and that includes the phone number linked to your 2FA setting.
This is the first time that a cryptojacking attack has been observed on Docker.
A citizen of Singapore has been charged in the United States for a large-scale cryptocurrency mining operation performed using stolen identity and credit card information. read more
The WatchBog cryptocurrency-mining botnet is heavily reliant on the Pastebin website for command and control (C&C) operations, Cisco Talos’ security researchers reveal. read more