Tag Archives: Malware

Monero Mining Malware Discovered on Amazon Web Services

[ad_2][ad_1] Mitiga, an emergency response and incident response company, discovered that a product available on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace contained Monero mining malware. Mitiga published the findings, noting that he discovered the malware while conducting a security audit for a financial services company. “Mitiga’s security research team has identified …

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1,000 business systems infected with Monero Mining malware

[ad_2][ad_1] The Blue Mockingbird malware gang has infected more than 1,000 business systems with the Monero mining malware since December 2019. The global scale of the hacker group’s operations was revealed by cloud security firm Red Canary on May 26. The report outlined the group’s methodology. The malware attacks servers …

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Researchers find Monero Mining malware hiding from Task Manager

[ad_2][ad_1] Cybersecurity company Varonis has discovered a new cryptography virus, dubbed "Norman", which aims to extract the Monero cryptocurrency (XMR) and escape detection. Varonis published a report on Norman on August 14th. According to the report, Varonis found Norman as one of the many encryption viruses distributed in an attack …

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New Malware Miner Sneakily Hides When Task Manager Is Open

[ad_2][ad_1] Meet "Norman" – a new variant of monero-mining malware that employs crafty tricks to avoid being spotted. Varonis when investigating crypto-miner infestation at a "mid-size company." “Almost every server and workstation was infected with malware. Most were generic variants of cryptominers. Some were hidden PHP tools, some were hidden …

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Varonis researchers discover the Monero mining malware

[ad_2][ad_1] Cybersecurity company Varonis has discovered "Norman", a new cryptographic virus that aims to extract the Monero cryptocurrency (XMR) and escape detection. Varonis published a report on Norman on August 14, 2019, which shows malware as one of the many encryption viruses distributed in an attack that infected the machines …

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