#hidden mining

Nitrokod’s hidden mining campaign was supposedly infected with harmful thousands of computers in 11 countries. This was reported by Check Point Research experts (CPR).

Report: The number of attacks using robber programs decreased by 23%

Against the background of the fall in bitcoin, the number of attacks using ransomware programs has significantly decreased.

Hackers used NFT for hidden mining and wallets

In 2021, NFT became one of the main mechanisms for the spread of malicious programs for hidden mining or theft of cryptocurrency wallets.

Hackers modified the DNSPY debugger for hidden cryptocurrency mining

MALWAREHUNTERTEAM experts found a malicious version of the DNSPY debugger, which installs hidden miners and troopyers on the computers of the victims.

Hackers spread hidden miners through the Pirate version of Spider-Man

Attackers began to spread harmful software for hidden mining of cryptocurrencies through a torrent file with a popular film "Spider-Man: There is no way home", ReasonLabs experts report.

The vulnerability in one of the Java bibliotek was used to install hidden miners

Hackers took advantage of the critical vulnerability in the Apache Log4J logistics library based on Java to install hidden miners and other malicious programs.

Google accused two Russians of creating a botnet for hidden cryptocurrency mining

The New York District Court came a lawsuit from Google against the alleged creators of Botnet Glupteba, who infected more than a million computers based on Windows.

In Spain, a couple was arrested for hidden mining in supermarkets

The Police of the Spanish city of Tarragon arrested 33-year-old man and a woman who installed hidden miners on computers in stores.

86% of Google Cloud’s hacked accounts were used for mining

The main goal of hacking the Accounts on Google Cloud’s cloud platform is their further use for mining, experts said.

Unknowns used Telegram for hidden Monero mining

Splunk cybersecurity experts spoke about the new wave of attacks through the desktop version of the Telegram messenger for hidden Monero cryptocurrency mining.

The Government of the Kamchatka Territory stopped an attempt to Monero mining

In the Kamchatka Territory, several civil servants installed software for the extraction of cryptocurrencies to computers of the regional government.

The Crackonosh operator has earned almost $ 2 million in Monero on amateurs GTA and The SIMS

Since 2018, the creator of the malicious Crackonosh program has obtained over 9000 Monero ($ 1.8 million at the moment) using a hidden miner.

Botnet Dirtymoe potentially infected tens of thousands of computers in the Russian Federation with hidden miners with hidden miners

Since the beginning of 2021, about 65,000 computers in the Russian Federation have been infected with Botnet Dirtymoe. The main goal of the harmfulness is to install the victim of a hidden cryptocurrency miner on the device of the victim.

Microsoft and Intel improved the search for hidden miners

In the corporate decision, Microsoft Defender introduced the technology for detecting threats from Intel for the operational calculation of hacker programs for cryptocurrency production.

GitHub server was used to mining cryptocurrencies

GITHub IT projects Service investigate a series of attacks on its cloud infrastructure, which allowed unknown to use the company’s servers for cryptocurrency mining.

There are warnings about hacking related to Coinhive Domains

The creator of the HAVE I Been Pwned service Tri Hunt received the right to place Coinhive warning domains related to the browser mining service that they were hacked.

In a cheat code for Call of Duty, an installer of a hidden miner was found

The developers of online games Call of Duty found that one of the popular Warzone cheats is malicious software and allows hackers to control the computers of the victims.

Botnet Purple Fox received the properties of a worm to spread a hidden miner

Botnet operators Purple Fox changed the method of spreading harm and began to hack Windows devices by password braver Message Block (SMB) passwords. This was reported by researchers from Guardicore.

The fake advertising lock was convicted by Monero mining

Kaspersky laboratory experts recorded a new malicious program that struck the power of the Windows system for mining Monero cryptocurrency.

Hackers prepared a major attack on Kubernetes clusters for hidden Monero mining

Unit 42 researchers have discovered a new malware for hidden Monero mining, which is distributed in container applications based on Kubernetes.

Apache, Oracle and Redis server vulnerabilities were used for Monero mining

Rockke hacker group attacked a number of unnecessary cloud servers using the new malicious Pro-Ocean for hidden cryptocurrency mining. This is reported by Palo Alto Networks experts.

A hidden cryptocurrency miner was discovered, which for more than five years attacked MacOS

Computers based on MacOS for a long time were used by scammers for hidden cryptocurrency mining. For five years, the Osaminer program was able to avoid detection, the cybersecurity specialists from Sentinelone said.

Microsoft convicted hackers in theft of data under the cover of Monero mining

Hackers began to distract attention from the real goals of cyber attacks using a cryptocurrency miner. This conclusion was made by researchers from Microsoft Corporation.

Bitcoin price increase increased the popularity of hidden miners

In the third quarter of 2020, the activity of programs for hidden mining increased. This is stated in the rating of threats compiled by ESET.

Botnet for mining attacked sites running WordPress

Kashmirblack Botnet operators hacked hundreds of thousands of sites under the control of popular content management systems (CMS) WordPress, Joomla, Magneto and Drupal. This is reported by IMPERVA specialists.

Experts warned about the increased activity of Lemon Duck Botnet for Monero mining

The Cisco Talos unit specializing in cyberosis discovered the increased activity of Lemon Duck Botnet. With its help, attackers use the power of infected devices for mining Monero cryptocurrency.

Monero’s harmony for hidden mining learned to steal passwords and stop competitors

Unit 42 specialists discovered a new version of the malicious Black-T, created by the Hacker group of Teamtnt and the Monero cryptocurrency hidden mining cryptocurrency mining.

Crypto -Mainer attacked users through the pirate version of the Disney cartoon

ESET specialists recorded a surge in harmful activity spreading through torrent files with the film “Mulan” from Disney studio.

Research: The vast majority of attacks on cloud servers are aimed at cryptodjacking

95% of attacks on compromised cloud servers are aimed at hidden cryptocurrency mining, the Aqua Security operating in the field of cybersecurity of Aqua Security says.

Kryptocibule new crypto -chain attacked the inhabitants of Eastern Europe

ESET specialists discovered the new Trojan Kryptocibule, which is aimed at the theft and production of cryptocurrencies.

Research: In the second quarter of 2020, cases of hidden browser mining increased by 163%

In the second quarter of 2020, the number of cases of hidden browser mining of cryptocurrencies has increased significantly – by 163% compared to the previous quarter. This is evidenced by Symantec data.

In the USA, artificial intelligence was used to combat illegal mining on supercomputers

Specialists of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (Lanl) of the US Department of Energy developed an artificial intelligence system to detect illegal use of supercomputers for mining cryptocurrencies.

The malicious software used Dogecoin blockchain for hidden cryptocurrency mining

Attackers created malicious software using the Dogecoin blockchain for attacks on cloud servers and subsequent hidden mining. This is reported by investzer researchers.

Botnet was discovered that infected about 5,000 computers for hidden Monero mining

Specialists of the Talos division of Cisco identified the Botnet Prometei, which allowed the use of computer systems of users for Monero cryptocurrency mining. This was reported in the company’s blog.

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