All posts in cryptomining
15 Jul, 2023
amazon, AWS, aws fargate, Big Data, cloud, Cloud Security, containers, cryptojacking, cryptomining, Cybersecurity, Data security, Kubernetes, Malware, Open Source, Security, Security News
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The Scarleteel threat targets AWS Fargate environments for data theft and more malicious types of attacks such as cryptojacking and DDoS. Learn how to mitigate this threat. Image: sarayut_sy/Shutterstock Sysdig, a cloud and container security company, has released a new report on the Scarleteel threat that targets specific AWS environments . . . Read more

Cloud security is the best sort of altruism: you need to do it to protect yourself, but you help to protect everyone else at the same time.

by Paul Ducklin The graphics card that wants you to stick to playing games, the man that didn’t weigh 100 tons after all, and the marketing gang that used a browser bug to bombard iPhone users with scammy online surveys. With Kimberly Truong, Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. Intro and . . . Read more
11 Dec, 2020
botnet, Cloud Security, cryptomining, CVE-2019-9193, database servers, Linux, Malware, Malware analysis, Monero, Palo Alto, PGMiner, PostgreSQL, RCE, remote code execution, Security News, security vulnerability, Unit 42, Vulnerabilities
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The malware takes aim at PostgreSQL database servers with never-before-seen techniques. An innovative Linux-based cryptocurrency mining botnet has been uncovered, which exploits a disputed PostgreSQL remote code-execution (RCE) vulnerability to compromise database servers. The malware is unusual and completely novel in a host of ways, researchers said. According to researchers . . . Read more
01 Dec, 2020
botnet, Cisco Talos, Cloud Security, cryptomining, Docker, Docker API, Malware, misconfigured, Monero, Security News, SSH, Web Security, xanthe, XMRig
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The never-before-seen Xanthe cryptomining botnet has been targeting misconfigured Docker APIs.
13 Oct, 2020
AMD, attack spike, bluekeep, botnet, brute force, Cisco Talos, COVID-19, Cryptocurrency, cryptomining, DNS, GTX, lemon duck, Linux, Monero, Nvidia, RDP, Security News, Vulnerabilities, Web Security, Windows
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21 Aug, 2020
AWS, cryptojacking, cryptomining, Data Privacy, Hacks, IBM, IoT, Lawsuit, Malware, Podcasts, Privacy, Security News, weather channel
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19 Aug, 2020
botnet, brute force, cryptomining, fileless, fritzfrog, guardicore labs, Malware, Malware analysis, P2P, peer to peer, Security News, SSH server, unique, Web Security, worm
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18 Aug, 2020
Amazon Web Services, AWS, cado security, Cloud Security, credential harvesting, cryptojacking, cryptomining, Malware, Monero, Security News, teamtnt, worm
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23 Jul, 2020
2020 cyberthreat report, Cloud Security, COVID-19, Cryptography, cryptomining, cybercrime, encrypted threats, increases, Internet of things, IoT, Malware, Most Recent ThreatLists, Pandemic, Ransomware, Security News, SonicWall, statistics, Web Security, XMRig
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