The cyber security experts at ReasonLabs have recently detected that hackers are using the ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ movie to deliver Monero crytominer through which they mine Monero crytocurrency (XMR). So, the fans of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ beware of torrenting the movie. During the analysis, they discovered several Monero miners on Russian torrent trackers […]
A previously undocumented Windows malware has infected over 222,000 systems worldwide since at least June 2018, yielding its developer no less than 9,000 Moneros ($2 million) in illegal profits. Dubbed “Crackonosh,” the malware is distributed via illegal, cracked copies of popular software, only to disable antivirus programs installed in the machine and install a coin […]
GetMonero.org, the official website of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero was hacked to inject coin stealing malware on the systems of the people who were downloading the Morero wallet. This comes after a number of users reported that the hashes of the CLI [Command Line Interface] binaries downloaded from the website in order to set up […]
Digital forensics specialists report that the official website of Monero, one of the most popular cryptocurrencies, was compromised due to the presence of a malware-infected file capable of extracting funds from account holders. Apparently it all started on November 18, when a user found the infected file and reported the problem to GitHub. Hours later, […]
On November 18, the official download site for the Monero CLI served a malicious binary for less than an hour. The malicious version of the download was designed to steal Monero from unsuspecting victims. An entity compromised the box responsible for serving official binaries for the Monero CLI. The date of the breach has not […]
A miner malware that uses a number of techniques that includes EternalBlue, Powershell abuse, pass-the-hash technique, Windows admin tools, and brute force to infect windows machine and to drop a Monero miner. According to Trend Micro telemetry, the threat actors behind the campaign expands botnet to other countries that include Australia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, […]
2018 is becoming the year of cryptomining malware, a subtle virus compared to the very loud ransomware which dominated the 2017 malware scene. Ransomware came into the mainstream last year, as the trend was started by WannaCry, costing many companies and individual users to pay an aggregate amount of $4 billion in ransom fees, to […]
Adobe Flash Player, the erstwhile universal plugin for rich multimedia content on the web is the favorite whipping boy of security professionals for decades. This is because the vulnerable browser plugin is a purveyor of security exploits and widening attack surface of any device it is installed on. It used to be supported on Android […]
New threat actor called Rocke distributing and executing crypto-mining malware using variously sophisticated toolkit and Git repositories to mine Monero cryptocurrency. Malicious cryptocurrency miners are significantly increasing day by day in various form to generate revenue by various cyber criminals group and individuals. In this case, an attacker using various distribution method including HttpFileServers (HFS), and […]
About a week ago, HackRead reported that the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay (TPB) has been secretly using its visitors’ computing power (CPU) to mine cryptocurrency without their consent. Here, it’s noteworthy that The Pirate Bay did the same twice last year. However, now, the website has publically acknowledged the practice by deciding […]
Cryptomining attacks are increasing rapidly, attackers use to compromise servers, personal computers, Chrome extensions and web portals to mine cryptocurrencies such as Monero. Attackers made a way to docker hub for mining cryptocurrencies. On May 10th Docker hud deleted a docker registry “docker123321” which contain’s 17 malicious docker images. Docker is an open platform for […]
According to a newly released report, a malicious crypto-mining and traffic monetization malware campaign is underway. The report, which was published on June 6, explains that the campaign has so far affected more than 40,000 systems of nearly 9,000 companies across the world. A variety of sectors including governmental institutions, education, and finance industry have […]
Another day, another Monero cryptocurrency mining malware hits unsuspected users worldwide – This one crashes your system once the anti-virus software attempts to delete it. The IT security researchers at 360 Total Security have discovered a nasty piece of malware infecting Windows-based devices to mine Monero cryptocurrency by using their computing power (CPU) and slowing down its performance. Dubbed WinstarNssmMiner […]
Dubbed Cryptocurrency mining malware PyRoMine using ETERNALBLUE exploit to hack vulnerable windows based computer to mine Monero cryptocurrency. ETERNALBLUE is a Remote Code Execution (RCE) exploit that used by shadow brokers who was tied with NSA to abuse the SMBv1 file sharing protocol. Many of the organization has been used SMB Protocol on the internet […]
The IT security researchers at Fortinet have discovered a dangerous new malware that not only mines Monero cryptocurrency but also disables security features on the targeted Windows system – All this while it uses NSA’s (National Security Agency) exploits. EternalBlue and EternalRomance exploits? For those not aware of these exploits, in 2016-17, a group of hackers going […]
Guess what the favorite tool of hackers is when they want to infect Linux servers with crypto mining malware. It’s a 5-year-old security vulnerability that is being exploited in the cyprojacking campaign. The altered XMRig tool is the miner, which is legitimate and open source Monero miner. A flaw that was discovered in 2013 in […]
A new Monero Mining Android malware dubbed ANDROIDOS_HIDDENMINER that uses the device CPU power to mine Monero malware and could cause the device to overheat and potentially fail. The Hiddenminer app posses like a legitimate Google Play update app and forces users to grant device administrator permission by deploying it in a continuous loop until […]
Another day, another Android malware – This time, the malware not only comes with Monero mining capabilities but its continuous mining process drains the targeted device. The IT security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a sophisticated Moreno mining malware targeting Android users in the name of fake Google Play update. As of now, its prime […]
A security vulnerability that is nearly 5 years old has now become the favorite tool of hackers as they are using it to infect Linux servers with crypto mining malware. The vulnerability that is being exploited in this cryptojacking campaign is classified as CVE-2013-2618. The miner is an altered XMRig tool, which is a legitimate, […]
Security researchers have identified a new but unusually distributed Monero cryptominer scam campaign involving the face of a popular celebrity. The IT security researchers at Imperva have discovered a campaign in which hackers have compromised PostgreSQL servers to install cryptocurrency mining malware. The malware is hidden in a picture of well-known Hollywood starlet Scarlett Johansson. […]
Sandvine Products and Technology Used by Egypt, Turkey, and Syrian Governments to Install Spyware and Monero Mining. A Canadian security and human rights research group Citizen Lab has discovered that Turkey, Egypt, and Syrian governments are involved in the hijacking of local internet connections for the purpose of injecting surveillance malware. Moreover, Citizen Lab, run by […]