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Telerik UI exploitation leads to cryptominer, Cobalt Strike infections

June 15, 2022 admin cobalt strike, cryptomining, cve-2017-11357, cve-2017-1137, cve-2019-18935, Powershell, security operations, SophosLabs Uncut, telerik, threat research, XMRig

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 11:00:05 +0000

Attacker targets bugs in a popular web application graphical interface development tool

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Denonia cryptominer is first malware to target AWS Lambda

April 11, 2022 admin aws iam, aws lambda, Business, c2, cado security, command & control, data encryption, data protection, denonia, Identity and access management, matt muir, tls 1.2, XMRig

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:36:53 +0000

There is now malware in serverless environments. Dubbed Denonia, it specifically targets the AWS Lambda to perform cryptojacking.

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Mac malware combines EmPyre backdoor and XMRig miner

December 7, 2018 admin backdoor, cryptominers, Mac, mac malware, pirated software, Threat analysis, XMRig

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:57:36 +0000

New Mac malware is using the EmPyre backdoor and the XMRig cryptominer to drain processor power—and possibly worse.

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Tags: backdoor cryptominers mac mac malware pirated software XMRig

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Cryptojacking apps return to Google Play Market

September 24, 2018 admin Android, bitcoin, coinhive, Corporate, cryptocurrency, Cryptojacking, cyptominer, Google Play, malware, monero, Posts, smartphones, Sophos Mobile, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut, XMR, XMRig

Credit to Author: Pankaj Kohli| Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:01:30 +0000

At least 25 Android apps on the official Google Play store contain code that mines cryptocurrencies in the background.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/F8aH5rlcN50″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (May 21 – May 27)

May 28, 2018 admin bad coding habits, crackme, dreamcast, emotet, russian router botnet, Security world, VPNFilter, Week in security, XMRig

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 20:26:03 +0000

A roundup of security news from May 21 – May 27, including Mac cryptominer, the results of the crackme, bad coding habits, Emotet analysis, and much more.

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Tags: bad coding habits crackme dreamcast emotet russian router botnet vpnfilter week in security XMRig

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