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INTERPOL Collaboration Reduces Cryptojacking by 78%

January 8, 2020 0 Comments cryptojacking, Cybercrime, interpol, Partners, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:40:55 +0000

Cybercriminals are often seen as having the upper hand over the “white hat” community. After all, they’re anonymous, can launch attacks from virtually anywhere in the world, and usually have the element of surprise. But there’s one secret weapon the good guys have: Collaboration. That’s why Trend Micro has always prioritized its partnerships with law…

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Brexit – even cybercriminals want to have their say…

December 12, 2019 0 Comments brexit, cryptojacking, fileless malware, malware, PowerShell, wannamine

Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:31:25 +0000

These crooks stashed a message in the virus code itelf – we found it, but we don’t know which way to take it!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DkMfkmqt7vk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Official Monero site delivers malicious cash-grabbing wallet

November 21, 2019 0 Comments binaries, crypto scam, cryptocoins, cryptocurrency, Cryptography, cryptojacking, malware, monero, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:18:01 +0000

If you downloaded the Monero command line wallet recently, check it before using it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RONNkXPrxDs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Lemon_Duck PowerShell malware cryptojacks enterprise networks

October 1, 2019 0 Comments cryptojacking, Cryptomining, EternalBlue, fileless, lemon_duck, PowerShell, smb, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: rajeshnataraj| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 04:01:09 +0000

SophosLabs are monitoring a significant spike in crypto mining attacks, which spread quickly across enterprise networks. Starting from a single infection, these attacks use a variety of malicious scripts that, eventually, turn an enterprise’s large pool of CPU resources into efficient cryptocurrency mining slaves. The threat actors behind these campaigns have been using an array […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jF91Bgk0dso” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Capital One cryptojacking suspect indicted

September 2, 2019 0 Comments capital one, CFAA, Cloud Computing, cryptojacking, data breach, data loss, erratic, federal grand jury, Hacker, Hacking, indictment, Law & order, misconfigured servers, Paige Thompson, software engineer, vulnerability, wire fraud

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:39:21 +0000

The former software engineer allegedly created scanners to look for misconfigured servers rented from a cloud computing company.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/au_7MSrus80″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>