Updated on 2022-12-01: KmsdBot goes down Akamai researchers said they found a bug in the C&C communication system used by the KmsdBot cryptomining botnet that allowed them to crash the malware on all infected systems worldwide. Read more: Accidentally Crashing a Botnet Updated on 2022-11-30: Akamai Researchers Inadvertently Crash Botnet While monitoring the KmsdBot cryptomining …
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The chief prosecutor of the Bahamas has said that FTX is under active investigation, as the collapse of the exchange has left a wake of unemployment on the island. The exchange’s controlling stake in a tiny US bank has raised suspicious eyebrows, and crypto lender BlockFi is the latest to file for bankruptcy, as Chainalysis …
Updated on 2022-12-15: When doxxing a cybercrime group pays off An anonymous Twitter account doxxed members of the URSNIF malware operation, apparently in a plain old extortion attempt. The account outed three of URSNIF’s members before being paid off. “I just made more money in a single week than I have made in years. Pay …
The crypto industry has been gaining momentum lately. The latest equipment, and new ways of earning digital money and mining are appearing. Earlier we could produce cryptocurrency at home using a desktop computer, but now powerful equipment is created specifically for this purpose. They not only make this task easier but also speed it up …
Researchers from AT&T’s Alien Labs have detected malware that targets endpoints and Internet of Things (IoT) devices running Linux. The malware, which is being called “Shikitega is delivered in a multistage infection chain where each module responds to a part of the payload and downloads and executes the next one.” Shikitega could be exploited to …
