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Australia’s Evolution Mining Cyberattack Disrupts Operations

August 12, 2024

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Australian mining company Evolution Mining Limited has become the latest victim of a ransomware attack. The company, known for its significant presence in the global gold mining industry, announced on Monday, August 12, that it had become aware of the cybersecurity incident just last week, on August 8. This Evolution

Researchers Uncover Undetectable Crypto Mining Technique on Azure Automation

November 8, 2023

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Nov 08, 2023NewsroomCloud Security / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have developed what’s the first fully undetectable cloud-based cryptocurrency miner leveraging the Microsoft Azure Automation service without racking up any charges. Cybersecurity company SafeBreach said it discovered three different methods to run the miner, including one that can be executed on a

June 23, 2023

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Jun 23, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / IoT Internet-facing Linux systems and Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being targeted as part of a new campaign designed to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. “The threat actors behind the attack use a backdoor that deploys a wide array of tools and components such as rootkits

June 15, 2023

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Jun 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Ransomware Ransomware actors and cryptocurrency scammers have joined nation-state actors in abusing cloud mining services to launder digital assets, new findings reveal. “Cryptocurrency mining is a crucial part of our industry, but it also holds special appeal to bad actors, as it provides a means

May 31, 2023

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May 31, 2023Ravie LakshmananServer Security / Cryptocurrency A financially motivated threat actor is actively scouring the internet for unprotected Apache NiFi instances to covertly install a cryptocurrency miner and facilitate lateral movement. The findings come from the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC), which detected a spike in HTTP requests for

May 22, 2023

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May 22, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cloud Security A financially motivated threat actor of Indonesian origin has been observed leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances to carry out illicit crypto mining operations. Cloud security company’s Permiso P0 Labs, which first detected the group in November 2021, has

April 21, 2023

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Apr 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananKubernetes / Cryptocurrency A large-scale attack campaign discovered in the wild has been exploiting Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to create backdoors and run cryptocurrency miners. “The attackers also deployed DaemonSets to take over and hijack resources of the K8s clusters they attack,” cloud security firm

March 15, 2023

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Mar 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananServer Security / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have discovered the first-ever illicit cryptocurrency mining campaign used to mint Dero since the start of February 2023. “The novel Dero cryptojacking operation concentrates on locating Kubernetes clusters with anonymous access enabled on a Kubernetes API and listening on non-standard ports

Australia’s Evolution Mining Cyberattack Disrupts Operations

Researchers Uncover Undetectable Crypto Mining Technique on Azure Automation

New Cryptocurrency Mining Campaign Targets Linux Systems and IoT Devices

Cybercriminals Targeting Apache NiFi Instances for Cryptocurrency Mining

Indonesian Cybercriminals Exploit AWS for Profitable Crypto Mining Operations

Kubernetes RBAC Exploited in Large-Scale Campaign for Cryptocurrency Mining

New Cryptojacking Operation Targeting Kubernetes Clusters for Dero Mining

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