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A week in security (February 15 – February 21)

February 22, 2021 admin 0 Comments a week in security, agora, apple malware, baby monitor vulnerability, bazar, covid scam, Cryptojacking, florida hack, m1 malware, m1 processor, north korea hack, pfizer, scamclub, spy on private calls, Trojan, water supply hack

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:37:19 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from February 15 – 21, including Egregor, romance scams, insider threats, and more.

Categories: A week in security

Tags: agora Apple malware baby monitor vulnerability Bazar COVID scam Cryptojacking Florida hack M1 malware M1 processor North Korea hack Pfizer ScamClub spy on private calls trojan water supply hack

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MrbMiner: Cryptojacking to bypass international sanctions

January 21, 2021 admin Cryptojacking, cryptominer, mrbminer, SophosLabs Uncut, XMRig

Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:30:23 +0000

Iran-based “garage startup” cryptojacking operation targets SQL servers<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/8Ecad2ph2gg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Your guide to new-age cybersecurity terms

August 31, 2020 admin Antivirus, Botnet, Computer Security Terms, Cryptojacking, cryptomining, Cyber safety, cybersecurity, cybersecurity terms, deepfakes, Tech Terms

Credit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:32:19 +0000

Like every other sector, cybersecurity has its own lingo. Often, it can be difficult for us users to understand the nuances. If jargon and long lists of indecipherable acronyms are frustrating you, we’re here to keep you updated with the latest lingo in the cybersecurity world. Keep in mind though,…

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INTERPOL Collaboration Reduces Cryptojacking by 78%

January 8, 2020 admin Cryptojacking, cybercrime, Interpol, Partners, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:40:55 +0000

Cybercriminals are often seen as having the upper hand over the “white hat” community. After all, they’re anonymous, can launch attacks from virtually anywhere in the world, and usually have the element of surprise. But there’s one secret weapon the good guys have: Collaboration. That’s why Trend Micro has always prioritized its partnerships with law…

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Lemon_Duck PowerShell malware cryptojacks enterprise networks

October 1, 2019 admin Cryptojacking, cryptomining, EternalBlue, fileless, lemon_duck, Powershell, SMB, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: rajeshnataraj| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 04:01:09 +0000

SophosLabs are monitoring a significant spike in crypto mining attacks, which spread quickly across enterprise networks. Starting from a single infection, these attacks use a variety of malicious scripts that, eventually, turn an enterprise’s large pool of CPU resources into efficient cryptocurrency mining slaves. The threat actors behind these campaigns have been using an array […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jF91Bgk0dso” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Miners in your office

June 25, 2019 admin Business, Cryptojacking, cryptomining, Mining, SMB, Threats

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:15:52 +0000

Cybercriminals may use your resources for cryptocurrency mining. How you can prevent it.

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Worms deliver cryptomining malware to web servers

May 30, 2019 admin Apache, Cryptojacking, cryptomining, Neutrino, Rat, Server, SophosLabs Uncut, Tomcat2, worm

Credit to Author: Vikas Singh| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 13:00:08 +0000

An automated attack, targeting poorly-protected Apache Tomcat servers, turns enterprise hardware into a high-end cryptominer<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/NXX1H4BUrTk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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