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AI chatbot recommendations lure users to cryptojacking malware sites

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AI chatbot recommendations lure users to cryptojacking malware sites 2026-05-27 at 22:27 By Sinisa Markovic Cybercriminals are using AI chatbot interactions alongside poisoned search results to direct users to malicious download sites in an active cryptojacking campaign, Microsoft has warned. The campaign impersonates legitimate software tools such as CrystalDiskInfo, HWMonitor, Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU), FurMark, […]

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New XCSSET macOS Malware Variant Hijacks Cryptocurrency Transactions

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New XCSSET macOS Malware Variant Hijacks Cryptocurrency Transactions 2025-09-26 at 14:50 By Ionut Arghire The malware now uses a four-stage infection chain, has an additional persistence mechanism, and also targets Firefox browser data. The post New XCSSET macOS Malware Variant Hijacks Cryptocurrency Transactions appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Highly Popular NPM Packages Poisoned in New Supply Chain Attack

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Highly Popular NPM Packages Poisoned in New Supply Chain Attack 2025-09-10 at 11:45 By Ionut Arghire Designed to intercept cryptocurrency transactions, the malicious code reached 10% of cloud environments. The post Highly Popular NPM Packages Poisoned in New Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Job-seeking devs targeted with fake CrowdStrike offer via email

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Job-seeking devs targeted with fake CrowdStrike offer via email 2025-01-10 at 14:33 By Zeljka Zorz Cryptojackers are impersonating Crowdstrike via email to get developers to unwittingly install the XMRig cryptocurrency miner on their Windows PC, the company has warned. The email Crowdstrike has a web page where job hunters can see which positions are open

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MUT-1244 targeting security researchers, red teamers, and threat actors

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MUT-1244 targeting security researchers, red teamers, and threat actors 2024-12-16 at 17:33 By Zeljka Zorz A threat actor tracked as MUT-1244 by DataDog researchers has been targeting academics, pentesters, red teamers, security researchers, as well as other threat actors, in order to steal AWS access keys, WordPress account credentials and other sensitive data. MUT-1244 has

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Linux systems targeted with stealthy “Perfctl” cryptomining malware

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Linux systems targeted with stealthy “Perfctl” cryptomining malware 2024-10-07 at 15:46 By Zeljka Zorz Thousands of Linux systems are likely infected with the highly elusive and persistent “perfctl” (or “perfcc“) cryptomining malware and many others still could be at risk of getting compromised, Aqua Security researchers revealed last week. “In all the attacks observed, the

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PostgreSQL databases under attack

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PostgreSQL databases under attack 2024-08-21 at 16:16 By Zeljka Zorz Poorly protected PostgreSQL databases running on Linux machines are being compromised by cryptojacking attackers. The attack – observed by Aqua Security researchers on a honeypot system – starts with the threat actors brute-forcing access credentials. Once access is achieved, the threat actor: Creates a new

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Cryptojacker conned $3.5M from cloud firms to mine crypto, feds allege

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Cryptojacker conned $3.5M from cloud firms to mine crypto, feds allege 2024-04-16 at 05:01 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Prosecutors claim the “cryptojacking” scheme stole cloud computing resources to mine nearly $1 million worth of crypto. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Hacker Behind $2 Million Cryptocurrency Mining Scheme Arrested in Ukraine

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Hacker Behind $2 Million Cryptocurrency Mining Scheme Arrested in Ukraine 2024-01-15 at 17:46 By Ionut Arghire Ukrainian authorities have arrested an individual allegedly involved in a $2 million cryptojacking operation. The post Hacker Behind $2 Million Cryptocurrency Mining Scheme Arrested in Ukraine appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed

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8220 gang exploits old Oracle WebLogic vulnerability to deliver infostealers, cryptominers

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8220 gang exploits old Oracle WebLogic vulnerability to deliver infostealers, cryptominers 20/12/2023 at 16:02 By Helga Labus The 8220 gang has been leveraging an old Oracle WebLogic Server vulnerability (CVE-2020-14883) to distribute malware, the Imperva Threat Research team has found. About 8220 Active since 2017, the 8220 gang has been known for deploying cryptocurrency miners

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Apache ActiveMQ bug exploited to deliver Kinsing malware

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Apache ActiveMQ bug exploited to deliver Kinsing malware 21/11/2023 at 15:02 By Helga Labus Attackers are exploiting a recently fixed vulnerability (CVE-2023-46604) in Apache ActiveMQ to install Kinsing malware and cryptocurrency miners on targeted Linux systems. CVE-2023-46604 exploitation Apache ActiveMQ is a popular Java-based open source message broker that allows communication between applications and services

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Looney Tunables bug exploited for cryptojacking

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Looney Tunables bug exploited for cryptojacking 07/11/2023 at 12:46 By Helga Labus Kinsing threat actors have been spotted exploiting the recently disclosed Looney Tunables (CVE-2023-4911) vulnerability to covertly install cryptomining software into cloud-native environments. Kinsing (aka Money Libra) is a threat actor group that has been active since late 2021, targeting cloud-native environments and applications

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Jupyter Notebooks targeted by cryptojackers

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Jupyter Notebooks targeted by cryptojackers 18/10/2023 at 14:36 By Helga Labus Cryptojackers are targeting exposed Jupyter Notebooks to install cryptominers and steal credential files for popular cloud services, researchers have uncovered. What are Jupyter Notebooks? “Jupyter is a service that allows you to host individual snippets of code and lets others execute this code in

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Windows tool targeted by hackers deploys crypto mining malware

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Windows tool targeted by hackers deploys crypto mining malware 08/09/2023 at 00:04 By Cointelegraph By Ana Paula Pereira Software installers affected are mainly used for 3D modeling and graphic design, with French being the most frequent language used in the malware campaign. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Cryptojacking soars as cyberattacks increase, diversify

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Cryptojacking soars as cyberattacks increase, diversify 27/07/2023 at 05:03 By Help Net Security Digital threat actors are adopting evolving tactical behaviors, opting for different types of malicious attacks compared to previous years, according to SonicWall. Overall intrusion attempts were up, led by the highest year on record for global cryptojacking volume recorded by SonicWall, as

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Someone is roping Apache NiFi servers into a cryptomining botnet

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Someone is roping Apache NiFi servers into a cryptomining botnet 31/05/2023 at 16:51 By Zeljka Zorz If you’re running an Apache NiFi instance exposed on the internet and you have not secured access to it, the underlying host may already be covertly cryptomining on someone else’s behalf. The attack Indicators of the ongoing campaign were

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