CVE-2018-1000861

The U.S. CISA has added to the catalog of vulnerabilities another 15 security vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild. The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added fifteen more flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The ‘Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog‘ is a list of known vulnerabilities that threat actors have abused in attacks […]

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added 15 more vulnerabilities to its catalog of flaws that are actively exploited in the wild by hackers. Some are older dating back to 2014, but two are from the past two years and are in Windows components. “These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack […]

Research by David Driker, Amir Landau Background Lucifer is a Windows crypto miner and DDOS hybrid malware. Three months ago, researchers published a report detailing its unique activities. More recently, we found evidence that the attackers behind this campaign started their operations in 2018. What started as a miner with self-spreading capabilities that targeted the […]

A recently identified piece of cryptojacking malware includes functionality that enables its operators to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, Palo Alto Networks reports.

A new botnet, tracked as Lucifer, appeared in the threat landscape, it leverages close to a dozen exploits to hack Windows systems. A new botnet tracked as Lucifer appeared in the threat landscape, it leverages a dozen exploits for high and critical severity flaws affecting Windows systems. Upon infecting a system the bot turns it […]

A new hybrid malware capable of cryptojacking and launching DDoS was discovered in the wild, which we've named "Lucifer."

A new cryptocurrency-mining botnet tracked as WatchBog is heavily using the Pastebin service for command and control (C&C) operations. Cisco Talos researchers discovered a new cryptocurrency-mining botnet tracked as WatchBog is heavily using the Pastebin service for command and control. The WatchBog bot is a Linux-based malware that is active since last year, it targets […]

The WatchBog cryptocurrency-mining botnet is heavily reliant on the Pastebin website for command and control (C&C) operations, Cisco Talos’ security researchers reveal.

Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. Researchers at Intezer have discovered a new variant of WatchBog, a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining botnet, that also includes a module to scan the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708). […]

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Threat actors are exploiting a Jenkins vulnerability (CVE-2018-1000861) disclosed in 2018 to deliver a cryptocurrency miner using the Kerberods dropper. SANS expert Renato Marinho uncovered an ongoing malicious campaign that is targeting vulnerable Apache Jenkins installs to deliver a Monero cryptominer dubbed Kerberods. According to the SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center, attackers are exploiting the […]

A vulnerability disclosed late last year has been exploited by malicious actors to deliver a piece of malware that deploys a Monero cryptocurrency miner and looks for new victims on the internet and the local network.