Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2022

We published this tool to help customers ensure these IoT devices are not susceptible to these attacks.” The news wave of attacks aimed at cryptocurrency firms, most of them located in the U.S. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

New XBash malware combines features from ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, botnets, and worms. Evolution of threat landscape for IoT devices – H1 2018. Adobe issued a critical out-of-band patch to address CVE-2018-12848 Acrobat flaw. Hackers stole $60 Million worth of cryptocurrencies from Japanese Zaif exchange.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

As in previous years, digital transformation remained a key theme at the event as well as discussions around artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT technologies impacting the workforce. There are two opinions out there about these new technologies when it comes to workforce implications. It is encouraging to see this type of adoption.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

variant of ransomware called “ WannaCry ” spread swiftly in 2017 and 2018, reaching over 100 countries and infecting over 200,000 computers. Ransomware is more favored by hackers nowadays because they can get paid in cryptocurrencies that are hard to trace. OT/IT and IoT convergence. 2022 will be more of the same.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2018

Experts uncovered a massive cryptojacking campaign that is targeting MikroTik routers to inject a Coinhive cryptocurrency mining script in the web traffic. — MalwareHunterBR (@MalwareHunterBR) July 30, 2018. — MalwareHunterBR (@MalwareHunterBR) July 30, 2018. ” reads the report published by Trustwave.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 14, 2020

Evolution of mobile malware attacks – The first half of 2019 saw a 50% increase in attacks by mobile banking malware compared to 2018. Risky business with IoT devices – As 5G networks roll out, the use of connected IoT devices will accelerate dramatically. These services typically include: Ransomware analysis. Eradication.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2018

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2018

According to Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence , over a year, the number of shadow-forum ads offering mining software has increased fivefold (H1 2018 vs H1 2017). Any device (computer, smartphone, IoT, server, etc.) There are still very few arrests and cases of prosecution for cryptojacking.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2019

In September 2018, researchers observed the Hide and Seek (HNS) IoT botnet targeting Android devices with ADB option enabled. “We observed a new cryptocurrency-mining botnet malware that arrives via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and can spread via SSH. . ” concludes Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2022

Researchers investigated cloud-based cryptocurrency mining attacks targeting GitHub Actions and Azure VMs. Researchers from Trend Micro published a report that details cloud-based cryptocurrency mining attacks targeting GitHub Actions and Azure VMs and the threat actors behind them. ” states the report published by Trend Micro.

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Cryptocurrency IoT Software Malware 105

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In February 2018, researchers from Proofpoint discovered a huge botnet dubbed ‘Smominru’ that was using the EternalBlue exploit to infect Windows computers and recruit them in Monero cryptocurrency mining activities.

Cryptocurrency 77

Cryptocurrency Advertising Healthcare Engineering 77

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The conference features a variety of topics and sessions regarding all aspects of financial services, from cryptocurrency to banking. Among the top use cases discussed were identity, cryptocurrency and digital assets. The racer with bitcoin went on social media and tracked down people who were interested in cryptocurrency and bitcoin.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

For now, we can tentatively assume that the growth in cryptocurrency prices, in particular bitcoin, has attracted the attention of cybercriminals and returned miners to their toolkit. IoT attacks. IoT threat statistics. Number of unique users attacked by miners, Q1 2021 ( download ). Trojan-Downloader.Shell.Agent.p.

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Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 96

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

For access to the decryption key, the victim must make prompt payment, often in cryptocurrency shielding the attacker’s identity. The Ryuk ransomware family spawned in 2018 from a sophisticated Russia-based cybercrime group. Increased attacks on individuals with high net value and Internet of Things (IoT) devices ( McAfee ).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

To perform the experiment, we used Internet of Things (IoT) search engines to search for open devices that utilized common printer ports and protocols. To find out how many printers were on the menu for our experiment, we searched for IP addresses with open ports on specialized IoT search engines, such as Shodan and Censys.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The Outlaw Hacking Group was first spotted by TrendMicro in 2018 when the cyber criminal crew targeted automotive and financial industries. The Outlaw Botnet uses brute force and SSH exploit (exploit Shellshock Flaw and Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability ) to achieve remote access to the target systems, including server and IoT devices.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Since blockchain’s arrival, cryptocurrency has framed the technology as permissionless, or a public blockchain. For modern networks, the introduction of new endpoints – be it remote laptops for personnel or client IoT devices – is a roadblock being actively addressed. Structurally, a DLT doesn’t require a block-chain formation.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

ECC is used for email encryption, cryptocurrency digital signatures, and internet communication protocols. Yet, Internet of Things (IoT) devices tend to be designed with the minimum computing resources required to accomplish the designed task of the device (security camera, printer, TV, etc.).

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

While the resource was down, cryptocurrency newbies were invited to download a copy of Bitcoin Core via a torrenting service. Cybercriminals used the names of well-known APT groups to intimidate victims, demanded ransoms in cryptocurrency, and carried out demonstration attacks to back up their threats.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2019

Multiple threat actors are leveraging a recently discovered code execution vulnerability ( CVE-2018-20062 ) in the ThinkPHP framework. The goal now is to get command execution as any user, on any type of system, to either spread a botnet, distribute malware, or mine cryptocurrency.” ” concludes the expert.

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Threatpost

APRIL 23, 2018

A botnet has exploited a highly critical Drupal CMS vulnerability, which was previously disclosed by Drupal in March.

DDOS 48

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

million) including denominated in cryptocurrency; $600,000; 500,000 euros; computer equipment, the crypto wallets that were used to perpetrate crimes, and 20 luxury cars that were purchased with illicitly obtained money.” IoT attacks. IoT threat statistics. TOP 10 threats delivered to IoT devices via Telnet.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In particular, researchers found Operation In(ter)ception , a campaign operated by North Korean Lazarus group, which targets macOS users looking for cryptocurrency jobs. IoT attacks. IoT threat statistics. TOP 10 threats delivered to IoT devices via Telnet. and in Russia, it was AdWare.OSX.Pirrit.ac. Verdict. %*.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

Cybercriminals were spreading malicious documents that exploited CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802 , which are the best-known vulnerabilities in the Equation Editor component. The TraderTraitor campaign targets cryptocurrency and blockchain organizations, attacking with malicious crypto applications for both Windows and macOS.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ransomware was a relatively obscure form of malware until the early 2010s , but it has increased in scope and the amount of damage it has caused year after year, aided by a proliferation of botnets , cryptocurrencies , and sophisticated criminal enterprises. Unfortunately, IoT devices can be vulnerable to data leaks, cyberattacks and hackers.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

2018 was no exception. In 2018, as businesses raced to mix and match cloud-services delivered by the likes of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, unforeseen gaps in classic network security systems began to turn up. This makes Vidar capable of stealing cryptocurrencies from digital wallets.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

With what we experienced in 2016 and 2018, is there any doubt there will be a rise in disinformation–homegrown and imported–of all stripe in the upcoming elections? IoT botnets will make dystopian paranoia seem normal. IoT will continue to grow exponentially. Water finds its level, but it will be rough for a while.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2019

In the third quarter of 2018, DDoS attacks increased in frequency by 71 percent over the previous quarter. The IoT Will Expand and Create New Avenues of Attack. According to Kaspersky Lab, more than 120,000 individual pieces of malware were deployed against IoT devices in just the first half of 2018.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

We saw from 2018 Ryuk began targeting organizations, but preceding this was GandCrab and SamSam. Ransomware is the Focus. While 2021 has been noteworthy for headline-grabbing ransomware attacks like the one on Colonial Pipeline , the trend toward bigger targets had been underway before then, Samani told eSecurity Planet in an email interview.

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