Security experts have uncovered an incident that involved the Watchbog cryptomining botnet. Attackers exploited CVE-2018-1000861 to establish a foothold on the victim’s network and install Watchbog malware on unpatched systems.
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Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered bad actors exploiting an Oracle WebLogic Server deserialization vulnerability CVE-2019-2725 to install a Monero cryptocurrency miner.
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Security researchers from Anomali Labs have discovered a new malware dubbed “Linux Rabbit” that has targeted Linux servers and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices in Russia, South Korea, the UK, and the US.
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Hackers have attacked over 1,400 Apache Solr servers late last month to install a cryptocurrency miner.
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Trend Micro security researchers have spotted an Oracle vulnerability that is being abused to deliver dual Monero miner malware. The Oracle WebLogic WLS-WSAT vulnerability (CVE-2017-10271) allows remote code execution and was patched by Oracle back in October.
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Security firms have recently seen numerous attacks whose main objective is to infect systems with crypto-mining software in an effort to profit off the rise of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Monero.
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FortiGuard Labs recently discovered that cybercriminals behind VenusLocker ransomware attacks from last year have switched their tactics to now target the cryptocurrency market.
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