Persistence in the Shadows: A Study of Zephyr Miner Exploiting System Services

Credit to Author: Rayapati Lakshmi Prasanna Sai| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:15:15 +0000

Crypto Mining Crypto mining is the process by which individuals or organizations use computer power to solve complex…

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A proxyjacking campaign is looking for vulnerable SSH servers

Categories: Cybercrime

Categories: News

Tags: proxyjacking

Tags: cryptojacking

Tags: curl

Tags: Docker

Tags: proxy service

Tags: compromised

Proxyjacking is a cybercrime where your bandwidth is sold by criminals.

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Cryptojacking on the Rise

Credit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:30:53 +0000

There has been a steep rise in Cryptojacking attacks by cybercriminal groups to infiltrate networks and stealthily mine…

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Cryptojackers growing in numbers and sophistication

Categories: News

Categories: Cryptomining

Tags: Cryptojacking

Tags: fileless

Tags: malware

Tags: LOLBins

Tags: RiskWare.BitCoinMiner

Tags: Trojan.BitCoinMiner

Tags: c2

Tags: mining pools

Probably due to rising energy costs and the volatility in crypto-currencies, we can see a rise in malicious crypto mining, aka cryptojacking.

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Hardware-based threat defense against increasingly complex cryptojackers

Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0000

To provide advanced protection against increasingly complex and evasive cryptojackers, Microsoft Defender Antivirus integrates with Intel® Threat Detection Technology (TDT) that applies machine learning to low-level CPU telemetry in detecting cryptojackers, even when the malware is obfuscated and can evade security tools.

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In hot pursuit of ‘cryware’: Defending hot wallets from attacks

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The rise in cryptocurrency market capitalization paved the way to the emergence of threats Microsoft security researchers are referring to as “cryware”—information stealers focused on gathering and exfiltrating data from non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets.

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Blockchain & Fraud Prevention: Strategies to overcome the cryptocurrency scam

Credit to Author: Vijay Yadav| Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:58:22 +0000

What is Cryptocurrency?  Cryptocurrency is a type of digital currency that generally only exists electronically. There is no…

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IOTA shuts down network temporarily to fight wallet hacker

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:12:57 +0000

Popular cryptocurrency IOTA has temporarily shut down its entire network after a hacker stole funds from ten of its highest-value users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/CvCaGAUzQzs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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