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Massive campaign delivering Monero Miner via compromised websites – an analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

November 24, 2017 admin bitcoin, compromised websites, malicious JavaScripts, malware, miner, monero, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 07:21:16 +0000

Ransomware outbreaks have been on the rise for quite some time now but suddenly we are observing a change in this trend. Seems like the rise observed in cryptocurrency valuations especially for Bitcoins is making attackers to go after cryptocurrency mining. Cryptocurrency miner malware have become hot attack vectors for…

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Cosmos Bank website compromised with RIG Exploit Kit which drops Cerber Ransomware

April 21, 2017 admin Adobe Flash, Cerber, compromised websites, exploit kits, Hacker, malware, ransomware, RIG exploit kit, Uncategorized, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:22:25 +0000

Update: The incident has been taken care of by Cosmos Bank and its website (URL) is now clean and safe to use. Compromising popular websites has become a common strategy for attackers to spread infection in a widespread fashion. Attackers exploit unpatched vulnerabilities present on web servers in order to compromise…

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