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3 Malicious PyPI Packages Hide CoinMiner on Linux Devices

| | coinminer, Crypto, Crypto miners, Cyber Threats, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Weaknesses, Developer Security, Linux & Open Source News, linux systems, open source, PyPI, PyPI malicious packages, Python developers, Python Malware
In a recent cybersecurity revelation, the Python Package Index (PyPI) has fallen victim to the infiltration of three malicious packages: modularseven, driftme, and catme. These packages, although now removed, managed to amass ...
TuxCare
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NoaBot Pwns Hundreds of SSH Servers as Crypto Miners

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‘hi’ — Mirai-based botnet exploits weak authentication to mine fake money ...
Security Boulevard
Figure 1 – Monero’s value in USD from December 2018 to June 2019, source - CoinGecko.com

Cryptojacking: An Unwanted Guest

| | ATT&CK, backdoor, Bromium Labs, coin miner, coinminer, crypojacking, Cryptojacking, CVE-2017-8464, doublepulsar, EquationDrug, EquationGroup, EternalBlue, ETERNALCHAMPION, EternalRomance, Exploit, Malware, masscan, Mimikatz, MITRE, Monero, nsa, ShadowBrokers, SmbTouch, SMBv1, T1031, T1035, T1050, T1053, T1058, T1065, T1089, T1094, T1095, T1105, T1107, T1112, T1128, T1129, TA0001, TA0002, TA0003, TA0004, TA0005, TA0006, TA0007, TA0008, TA0009, TA0010, TA0011, TA0040, techniques, threats, trojan, Winpcap, XMR
We analyse a cryptojacking attack that mines the Monero cryptocurrency. The value of Monero in US dollars has more than doubled over the first half of 2019, from $46 to $98. The ...
Bromium

StorageCrypt ransomware, a coinminer and more

| | coin miner, coinminer, elf malware, linux malware, Ransomware, sambacry, StorageCrypt
Lawrence over at Bleeping Computer posted an interesting blog yesterday:StorageCrypt Ransomware Infecting NAS Devices Using SambaCryIn that blog, Lawrence pointed out quite some users had issues with a new ransomware, dubbed StorageCrypt, ...
Blaze's Security Blog
Rick and Morty episode? Nope, another CoinMiner

Rick and Morty episode? Nope, another CoinMiner

| | coin miner, coinminer, crypto miner, Cryptocurrency Mining Malware, cryptominer, rick and morty, torrents are bad
Last week I got an email from someone requesting help in regards to a possible malware infection: that person downloaded a torrent, and believed it was a legitimate episode of Rick and ...
Blaze's Security Blog