GhostEngine mining attacks kill EDR security using vulnerable drivers
A malicious crypto mining campaign codenamed 'REF4578,' has been discovered deploying a malicious payload named GhostEngine that uses vulnerable drivers to turn off…
Hacker spins up 1 million virtual servers to illegally mine crypto
A 29-year-old man in Ukraine was arrested this week for using hacked accounts to create 1 million virtual servers used…
India targets Microsoft, Amazon tech support scammers in nationwide crackdown
India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on cybercrime operations behind tech support scams and…
Hackers infect TP-Link router firmware to attack EU entities
A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group named "Camaro Dragon" infects residential TP-Link routers with a custom "Horse Shell" malware used to…
Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell flaws exploited in new crypto-mining attack
A new malware dubbed 'ProxyShellMiner' exploits the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell vulnerabilities to deploy cryptocurrency miners throughout a Windows domain to…
Defenders Be Prepared: Cyberattacks Surge Against Linux Amid Cloud Migration
Ransomware in particular poses a major threat, but security vendors say there has been an increase in Linux-targeted cryptojacking, malware,…
Docker servers hacked in ongoing cryptomining malware campaign
Docker APIs on Linux servers are being targeted by a large-scale Monero crypto-mining campaign from the operators of the Lemon_Duck…
U.S. Treasury sanctions Russian cryptocurrency mining companies
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced a new package of sanctions targeting parties that facilitate evasion of previous…
New EnemyBot DDoS botnet recruits routers and IoTs into its army
A new Mirai-based botnet malware named Enemybot has been observed growing its army of infected devices through vulnerabilities in modems,…
Mirai malware now delivered using Spring4Shell exploits
The Mirai malware is now leveraging the Spring4Shell exploit to infect vulnerable web servers and recruit them for DDoS (distributed denial…