Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2019

European airport systems were infected with a Monero cryptocurrency miner that was linked to the Anti-CoinMiner campaign discovered this summer by Zscaler researchers. . Experts pointed out that the Monero miners were installed on the European airport systems, even if they were running an industry-standard antivirus.

Cryptocurrency 75

Cryptocurrency Antivirus Advertising Malware 75

SecureList

APRIL 21, 2025

Lumma has also been observed using exploit kits, social engineering, and compromised websites to extend its reach and evade detection by security solutions. Fake Telegram channels for pirated content and cryptocurrencies. In this article, we’ll focus mainly on the fake CAPTCHA distribution vector.

Malware 87

Malware Cryptocurrency Software Phishing 87

Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. Experts pointed out that the number of infected systems could be far greater because data provided by AVAST are only related to systems running their antivirus solution.

DNS 145

DNS Internet Malware Internet 145

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

Russian national Oleg Koshkin was convicted for operating a “crypting” service used to obfuscate the Kelihos bot from antivirus software. ”The websites promised to render malicious software fully undetectable by nearly every major provider of antivirus software. .”The ” reads the press release published by DoJ.”The

Antivirus 111

Antivirus Malware Software Cryptocurrency 111

Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2021

Microsoft announced an improvement of its Defender antivirus that will leverage Intel’s Threat Detection Technology (TDT) to detect processes associated with crypto-miners. Cryptojacking malware allows threat actors to secretly mine for cryptocurrency abusing computational resources of the infected devices.

Technology 111

Technology Malware Threat Detection Antivirus 111

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The trojan allows to hijack users’ mobile devices and steal funds from online banking and cryptocurrency accounts. At the time of writing, SharkBot appears to have a very low detection rate by antivirus solutions since. login credentials, personal information, current balance, etc.). ” concludes the report.

Banking 143

Banking Mobile Social Engineering Malware 143

Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 7, 2022

It also serves as an easy access point for more advanced hackers and scammers to target specific organizations, or even harvest cryptocurrency. Earlier Raccoon Stealer campaigns allowed criminals to steal $13,200 worth of cryptocurrency and mine another $2,900 worth over a six month period, all for the cost of around $1,250. “So

Social Engineering 98

Social Engineering Cryptocurrency Malware Antivirus 98

Webroot

OCTOBER 4, 2024

James Clark School of Engineering, there is a cyberattack approximately every 39 seconds. Cryptojacking : Hides on your device and steals its computing resources to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Use antivirus software like Webroot Premium to protect all your devices. Don’t visit suspicious websites, just block them!

Malware 115

Malware Backups Adware Ransomware 115

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Twitter will allow using the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) only to its Blue subscribers GoDaddy discloses a new data breach Fortinet fixes critical vulnerabilities in FortiNAC and FortiWeb German airport websites hit by DDos attacks once again Cisco fixed critical RCE bug in ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus engine CISA adds Cacti, Office, Windows (..)

DDOS 98

DDOS Data breaches Ransomware Hacking 98

Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Researchers at Intezer have discovered a new variant of WatchBog, a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining botnet, that also includes a module to scan the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708). ” reads a blog post published by Intezer. tmplassstgggzzzqpppppp12233333” file or the “/ tmp/.gooobb

Cryptocurrency 101

Cryptocurrency Internet Internet Malware 101

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Most of us already know the importance of using antivirus , anti-malware, and VPNs to secure our computers, phones, and other devices against potential attacks. To perform the experiment, we used Internet of Things (IoT) search engines to search for open devices that utilized common printer ports and protocols. Original post: [link].

Hacking 145

Hacking IoT Firmware Internet 145

SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

Malicious hackers are increasingly mobbing the video game industry, with major companies suffering data breaches, having their source code sold or leaked online and games serving as playgrounds to push malware or mine cryptocurrencies. billion attacks tracked by the company across different countries.

Computers and Electronics 121

Computers and Electronics Media Marketing Cryptocurrency 121

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

And security researchers from ESET have discovered that the malware was uploaded to the VirusTotal operated system in Brazil and was targeted by a social engineering attack. As BianLian follows the process of dividing the encrypted content in 10 bytes of data, it easily evaded detection by antivirus products.

Ransomware 107

Ransomware Digital transformation Encryption Social Engineering 107

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The researchers said the attackers have encoded the final payload with several layers, requiring several loops of decoding before it gets deployed, making it impossible to detect by signature-based antivirus solutions. Five Scripts Provide Persistence. Cybercriminals Use C2 Servers to Deploy Cryptominer. Shikitega installs XMRig version 6.17.0

Malware 118

Malware Social Engineering System Administration Antivirus 118

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

To bypass antivirus systems, hackers send out malicious emails in non-working hours with delayed activation. Another technique used by cybercriminals to bypass antivirus systems is a targeted attack, in which malicious email are delivered outside regular working hours. More than 80% of all malicious files were disguised as .zip

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Antivirus Malware Banking 98

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 13, 2025

Cracking the Code: How Banshee Stealer Targets macOS Users Check Point Banshee Stealer operates with extreme stealth, blending in with normal processes on macOS while stealing credentials stored in the browser, cryptocurrency wallet seeds, and sensitive file data - it exfiltrates this data to the threat actors.

Scams 89

Scams Phishing Advertising Encryption 89

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. About the author: Salvatore Lombardo.

Malware 109

Malware Computers and Electronics Encryption Ransomware 109

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

They may discover their targets through some sort of automated technique, which gets them a toehold into the company, or they might just simply go to Shodan (search engine) to discover open, available RDP hosts ,” Shier told me. Once they were inside, they would turn off your antivirus software and the software responsible for online backups.

Encryption 147

Encryption Malware Ransomware Cyber Attacks 147

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2021

This behavior allows the malicious code to replace cryptocurrency addresses, and steal credentials for online services (amoCRM, Apple ID, Google, Paypal, SIPMarket, and Yandex) and payment card information from the Apple Store. Trend Micro discovered two Xcode projects injected with the XCSSET Mac Malware, one on July 13 and one on July 31.

Malware 117

Malware Adware Architecture Antivirus 117

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

To do this, an attacker needs to spoof the victim’s phone number and impersonate a bank or company representative and then the bot would try to call the victim, using social engineering techniques to get ahold of a verification code. Phishing, Social Engineering are Still Problems. Best Antivirus Software for 2021.

Authentication 115

Authentication Social Engineering Phishing Banking 115

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2019

It allows crooks to generate a malicious payload for social-engineering spam campaigns, the author was offering it as a service for a three-month license of $120. The Rubella Macro Builder is cheap, fast and easy to use, the malware it generated can evade antivirus detection.

Malware 98

Malware Social Engineering Advertising Antivirus 98

Security Boulevard

JUNE 29, 2024

Staying Ahead of Adversarial AI with Incident Response Automation 5 min read · Just now -- A Security Engineering Commentary from industry insider Rohan Bafna , SecOps Engineer. SecOps engineers continue to struggle with the stress from the sheer volume of attacks.

Artificial Intelligence 72

Artificial Intelligence Engineering Cyber Insurance Phishing 72

SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Detecting an exploit or trojan that explicitly runs on a device is not a problem for an antivirus solution. Antivirus solutions will also recognize these files as “trusted”, so may be unable to quickly “understand” that the piece of office software is executing atypical processes initiated by malicious code.

Technology 88

Technology Malware Antivirus Software 88

SecureList

APRIL 10, 2023

The most popular application categories to hide malware and unwanted software include cryptocurrency trackers, financial apps, QR-code scanners and even dating apps. Malware and unwanted software is frequently injected into cryptocurrency trackers, financial apps, QR-code scanners and even dating apps.

Malware 133

Malware Encryption Mobile Accountability 133

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

RedLine is a malware service available for purchase on underground forums that specifically targets the theft of sensitive information: passwords, credit cards, execution environment data, computer name, installed software, and more recently, cryptocurrency wallets and related files. Regular employee training. Email filtering.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Passwords Malware 98

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. It stole credentials for various financial systems including online banking applications and cryptocurrency wallets in Brazil.

Mobile 145

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

All of them were ordinary people using our free antivirus solution, seemingly unconnected with any organization of interest to a sophisticated attacker of this kind. VileRAT is a Python implant, part of an evasive and highly intricate attack campaign against foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading companies.

Malware 121

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Cryptocurrency 121

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Once executed on the attacked system, RedLine Stealer collects system information, including device user names, the operating system type, and information about the hardware, installed browsers, and antivirus solutions. Once a miner file is launched on an affected computer, it starts using the machine’s energy to mine cryptocurrency.

Mobile 131

Mobile Passwords Software Accountability 131

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. Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Google Chrome: CVE-2021-21148 — heap buffer overflow in the V8 script engine, leading to remote code execution.

Mobile 116

Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 116

Security Boulevard

APRIL 1, 2024

Sality is known for its ability to evade detection by antivirus software through encryption and obfuscation techniques. Amadey's functionalities include remote access, keylogging, credential theft, and cryptocurrency mining. What Can We Learn From This?

Malware 64

Malware Risk Cybersecurity Cyber threats 64

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This underscores the importance of having additional compensating controls and educating employees on the risks associated with phishing and other social engineering attacks. This incident shows that while security tools are essential, phishing emails can still slip through.

Cyber Attacks 59

Cyber Attacks Phishing Ransomware Cyber Insurance 59

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Oftentimes this is credential data, but it can be any data that may have financial value to an adversary; this includes paid online service accounts, cryptocurrency wallets, instant messenger, or email contacts lists, etc. Key Mystic Stealer functions include its ability to extract data from web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets.

Cryptocurrency 52

Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52

Elie

MAY 30, 2018

Adversarial inputs include malicious documents designed to evade antivirus, and emails attempting to evade spam filters. A very recent example of such behavior is the rise of abusing cloud services such as Google Cloud to mine cryptocurrencies in response to the surge of bitcoin price late 2017. Data poisoning attacks. Mutated inputs.

Accountability 107

Accountability Artificial Intelligence Engineering Retail 107

SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The attackers use the reverse shell to deploy a Bash stealer that collects data such as system information, browsing history, saved passwords, cryptocurrency wallet files and credentials for cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Azure). Otherwise, the reverse shell is created by the crond backdoor itself.

Malware 137

Malware Ransomware Encryption Energy and Utilities 137

DoublePulsar

MARCH 2, 2020

an antivirus tool which a decade ago was the laughing point of the security industry, but now sits well regarded as a tool across millions of organisations and home PCs. As an aside, even if you’re using the free, home version of Defender you are getting the under the hood engine of Microsoft Defender ATP, the enterprise grade tool.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Software Antivirus CISO 52

Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Ransom is usually demanded in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies to hide the identity of the attacker. Ransomcloud is not only a decrypting malware but a complex of social engineering tactics behind it. And here’s what may be a hint: A sense of urgency, which is a common social engineering tactic. Should You Pay a Ransom?

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Cybersecurity Backups Social Engineering 52

Elie

MAY 30, 2018

Adversarial inputs include malicious documents designed to evade antivirus, and emails attempting to evade spam filters. A very recent example of such behavior is the rise of abusing cloud services such as Google Cloud to mine cryptocurrencies in response to the surge of bitcoin price late 2017. Data poisoning attacks. Mutated inputs.

Accountability 91

Accountability Artificial Intelligence Engineering Retail 91