Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

Dark Utilities is advertised as a platform to enable remote access, command execution, conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and cryptocurrency mining operations on infected systems. It allows threat actors to target multiple architectures without requiring technical skills.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Security researchers at Cisco Talos are warning of a spike in attacks on unsecured Elasticsearch clusters to drop cryptocurrency miners. The experts observed a second threat actor using the exploit for the CVE-2014-3120 to deliver a malicious code that is a derivative of the Bill Gates DDoS malware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The first version spotted by TrendMicro includes a DDoS script that could be used by botmaster to set-up DDoS for-hire service offered on the dark web. Based on our findings, there are some similarities in both techniques and architectures with another cybercrime group, which appeared in the wild around 2012, most probably Romanian.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Botnets : Networks of compromised computers are controlled by a central attacker and used for various malicious activities such as launching coordinated distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks, providing a staging point for attacks on other victims, or distributing spam.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Applications have become more complex, their architecture better. Another big focus is organizations and users that possess or operate cryptocurrency — cryptoexchanges, cryptowallets and others are among the juicy targets. DDoS attacks — still in demand, albeit protection against DDoS attacks has become stronger.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit several government websites. While we were unable to obtain the same results by analyzing the CERT-UA samples, we subsequently identified a different WhiteBlackCrypt sample matching the WhisperKill architecture and sharing similar code.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 2, 2024

In Part 1, we explored early versions of SmokeLoader, from its initial rudimentary framework to its adoption of a modular architecture and introduction of encryption and obfuscation. CMD_MINER or CMD_EMPTY0x271ERequests a cryptocurrency miner executable from the server. If BOT_OPT is 1, the attack was executed successfully.

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NetSpi Technical

MAY 25, 2023

Part 1, which can be found here , introduced the EVM call context and its architecture, followed by a deep dive into the non-persistent Memory section, function selection and visibility, and how contract control flow can be bypassed at the bytecode level. This is the second part of our series on Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) internals.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

First, they can carry out actual cyberattacks, including DDoS attacks , data theft or destruction, website defacement, and so on. This attack was highly targeted and showed particular interest in cryptocurrency companies, which may indicate that the ultimate goal of the attackers was financial gain.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2019

A big part of this spending will go toward security talent acquisition, which will also see the addition of many more masters-level courses in IT architecture and cybersecurity. DDoS Attacks Will Become More Common. In the third quarter of 2018, DDoS attacks increased in frequency by 71 percent over the previous quarter.

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