Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Earlier August, experts uncovered a massive crypto jacking campaign that was targeting MikroTik routers to inject a Coinhive cryptocurrency mining script in the web traffic. In September thousands of unpatched MikroTik Routers were involved in new cryptocurrency mining campaigns.

Cryptocurrency 111

Cryptocurrency System Administration Advertising Hacking 111

Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Verizons Data Breach Investigations Report showed that 74% of security breaches involve a human element, with system administrators and developers accounting for most of these errors. In a recent survey, 93% of respondents admitted to knowingly increasing their companys cybersecurity risks.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Insurance Cyber Insurance Risk 98

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Earlier this year Sysdig and Aqua Security researchers started observing cyber attacks targeting Kubernets and Docker instances aimed at mining Monero cryptocurrency. Miscreants can abuse Docker Engine API to deploy containers they have created with the specific intent of mining cryptocurrencies. Docker Trusted Registry ).

Engineering 110

Engineering Cryptocurrency Advertising System Administration 110

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar reported that a cryptocurrency miner that previously hit only Arm-powered IoT devices it now targeting Intel systems. “This one seems to target enterprise systems.” cryptocurrency miner in either x86 32bit or 64bit format,” continues the expert.

IoT 111

IoT Cryptocurrency Malware Advertising 111

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

In recent months the number of cyberattacks against misconfigured Kybernetes systems has surged, threat actors mainly used the to illegally mine cryptocurrencies. The guidance details the security challenges associated with setting up and securing a Kubernetes cluster.

System Administration 108

System Administration Architecture Firewall Risk 108

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The infamous XMRig mines Monero cryptocurrency that is known to be anonymity-focused, as it’s particularly hard to trace back. AT&T labs provided a list of IoCs (indicators of compromise) that system administrators can use to add specific rules to security solutions. Cybercriminals Use C2 Servers to Deploy Cryptominer.

Malware 118

Malware Social Engineering System Administration Antivirus 118

SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

To top it off, cybercriminals make use of legitimate services that are meant to help system administrators, such as PSexec, which allows remote execution of programs. System administrators that take care of physical networks are no longer needed — with cloud services management being an easy task.

Cybercrime 145

Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 145

SiteLock

JANUARY 13, 2022

Maarten Broekman has worked as a system administrator and systems engineer for over 25 years, primarily in the shared web-hosting space. This can include any number of the following activities: Processing phishing data – They can set up your site as a phishing site or simply as a location to store data from a phishing site.

Cryptocurrency 52

Cryptocurrency Phishing Software System Administration 52

Digital Shadows

JULY 5, 2021

On 02 July 2021, details started to emerge of a sophisticated supply-chain attack targeting Kaseya VSA, virtual system administrator software used to manage and monitor customers’ infrastructure.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Encryption Cryptocurrency System Administration 52

Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines. The module also exfiltrates 2FA secrets from Twilio’s Authy local storage.

Malware 98

Malware Social Engineering Encryption Marketing 98

Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Verizons Data Breach Investigations Report showed that 74% of security breaches involve a human element, with system administrators and developers accounting for most of these errors. In a recent survey, 93% of respondents admitted to knowingly increasing their companys cybersecurity risks.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Insurance Cyber Insurance Risk 52

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

REvil’s last big victim was Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. DarkSide’s demise roughly coincided with that of REvil , a long-running ransomware group that claims to have extorted more than $100 million from victims.

Ransomware 354

Ransomware Cybercrime Malware System Administration 354

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The teens also took over Twitter accounts of several cryptocurrency companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). The Hackers further escalated the Twitter Hack and changed the fraud scheme by tweeting payment requests directly from overtaken cryptocurrency companies’ accounts. and 4:12 p.m.,

Social Engineering 104

Social Engineering Media Scams Financial Services 104