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KmsdBot, a new evasive bot for cryptomining activity and DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. KmsdBot supports multiple architectures, including as Winx86, Arm64, and mips64, x86_64, and does not stay persistent to avoid detection. This is the best way to prevent this type of system compromise.”

DDOS

DDOS Malware Cryptocurrency Architecture

Updated Kmsdx botnet targets IoT devices

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. KmsdBot supports multiple architectures, including as Winx86, Arm64, and mips64, x86_64, and does not stay persistent to avoid detection. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

IoT

IoT DDOS Architecture Internet

New HEH botnet wipes devices potentially bricking them

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Experts noticed that the malware supports multiple CPU architectures, including x86(32/64), ARM(32/64), MIPS(MIPS32/MIPS-III) and PPC, it is written in the Go open-source programming language. The botnet targets systems with SSH ports (23 and 2323) exposed online by launching brute-force attacks. ” concludes the post.

Architecture

Architecture IoT Malware Advertising

The popularity of Dark Utilities ‘C2-as-a-Service’ rapidly increases

Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

Dark Utilities is advertised as a platform to enable remote access, command execution, conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and cryptocurrency mining operations on infected systems. It allows threat actors to target multiple architectures without requiring technical skills.

Architecture

Architecture DDOS Internet Internet

New Go-based Redigo malware targets Redis servers

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“The first use of the command is activated to receive information about the CPU architecture. AquaSec researchers believe that threat actors are using the Redigo malware to infect Redis and add them to a botnet used to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, run cryptocurrency miners, or steal data from the servers.

Malware

Malware DDOS Architecture Cryptocurrency

Android Debugging Tools Also Useful for Compromising Devices, Mining Cryptocurrency

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2018

Once an open adb port is identified, the malware drops a stage 1 shell script onto the device which, when launched, downloads two additional (stage 2) shell scripts which then download the “next stage binary for several architectures and launch the corresponding one.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency IoT Mobile Advertising

Torii botnet, probably the most sophisticated IoT botnet of ever

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

According to experts from Avast, the Torii bot has been active since at least December 2017, it could targets a broad range of architectures, including ARM, MIPS, x86, x64, PowerPC, and SuperH. The Torii IoT botnet stands out for the largest sets of architectures it is able to target. ” reads the analysis published by Avast.

IoT

IoT Architecture Advertising DDOS

Multiple threat actors are targeting Elasticsearch Clusters

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Security researchers at Cisco Talos are warning of a spike in attacks on unsecured Elasticsearch clusters to drop cryptocurrency miners. The experts observed a second threat actor using the exploit for the CVE-2014-3120 to deliver a malicious code that is a derivative of the Bill Gates DDoS malware.

Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency Advertising DDOS Malware

Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The first version spotted by TrendMicro includes a DDoS script that could be used by botmaster to set-up DDoS for-hire service offered on the dark web. Based on our findings, there are some similarities in both techniques and architectures with another cybercrime group, which appeared in the wild around 2012, most probably Romanian.

Architecture

Architecture Malware Hacking DDOS

Russian-speaking cybercrime evolution: What changed from 2016 to 2021

SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Applications have become more complex, their architecture better. Another big focus is organizations and users that possess or operate cryptocurrency — cryptoexchanges, cryptowallets and others are among the juicy targets. DDoS attacks — still in demand, albeit protection against DDoS attacks has become stronger.

Cybercrime

Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware

What is Incident Response? Ultimate Guide + Templates

eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Botnets : Networks of compromised computers are controlled by a central attacker and used for various malicious activities such as launching coordinated distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks, providing a staging point for attacks on other victims, or distributing spam.

Software

Software Data breaches DDOS Ransomware

APT trends report Q1 2022

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit several government websites. While we were unable to obtain the same results by analyzing the CERT-UA samples, we subsequently identified a different WhiteBlackCrypt sample matching the WhisperKill architecture and sharing similar code.

Malware

Malware Firmware Government Phishing

Ethereum Virtual Machine Internals – Part 2

NetSpi Technical

MAY 25, 2023

Part 1, which can be found here , introduced the EVM call context and its architecture, followed by a deep dive into the non-persistent Memory section, function selection and visibility, and how contract control flow can be bypassed at the bytecode level. This is the second part of our series on Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) internals.

Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing Accountability Cryptocurrency DDOS

Nine 2019 Cybersecurity Predictions

Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2019

A big part of this spending will go toward security talent acquisition, which will also see the addition of many more masters-level courses in IT architecture and cybersecurity. DDoS Attacks Will Become More Common. In the third quarter of 2018, DDoS attacks increased in frequency by 71 percent over the previous quarter.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Small Business Internet Internet

Advanced threat predictions for 2024

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

First, they can carry out actual cyberattacks, including DDoS attacks , data theft or destruction, website defacement, and so on. This attack was highly targeted and showed particular interest in cryptocurrency companies, which may indicate that the ultimate goal of the attackers was financial gain.

Hacking

Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware

Cyber Security Informer

KmsdBot, a new evasive bot for cryptomining activity and DDoS attacks

Updated Kmsdx botnet targets IoT devices

Trending Sources

New HEH botnet wipes devices potentially bricking them

The popularity of Dark Utilities ‘C2-as-a-Service’ rapidly increases

New Go-based Redigo malware targets Redis servers

Android Debugging Tools Also Useful for Compromising Devices, Mining Cryptocurrency

Torii botnet, probably the most sophisticated IoT botnet of ever

Multiple threat actors are targeting Elasticsearch Clusters

Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations

Russian-speaking cybercrime evolution: What changed from 2016 to 2021

What is Incident Response? Ultimate Guide + Templates

APT trends report Q1 2022

Ethereum Virtual Machine Internals – Part 2

Nine 2019 Cybersecurity Predictions

Advanced threat predictions for 2024

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