crypto miner

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2026
BeatBanker malware targets Android users with banking Trojan and crypto miner

BeatBanker Android malware spreads through fake Starlink apps on websites imitating Google Play Store, hijacking devices, stealing credentials, and mining crypto. A new Android malware called BeatBanker spreads through fake Starlink apps distributed on websites posing as the Google Play Store. Once installed, it hijacks devices, steals login credentials, tampers with cryptocurrency transactions, and secretly […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2025
Mass exploitation campaign hit 4,000+ ISP networks to deploy info stealers and crypto miners

A massive attack targets ISPs in China and the U.S. West Coast to deploy info stealers and crypto miners on compromised systems. The Splunk Threat Research Team discovered a mass exploitation campaign from Eastern Europe targeting ISPs in China and the U.S. West Coast to deploy info stealers and crypto miners. Threat actors use weak […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2025
Phishers abuse CrowdStrike brand targeting job seekers with cryptominer

CrowdStrike warns of a phishing campaign that uses its recruitment branding to trick recipients into downloading a fake application, which finally installs the XMRig cryptominer. CrowdStrike discovered a phishing campaign using its recruitment branding to trick recipients into downloading a fake application, which acts as a downloader for the XMRig cryptominer. The cybersecurity firm discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2024
Attackers target Apache Hadoop and Flink to deliver cryptominers

Researchers devised a new attack that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners. Cybersecurity researchers from cyber security firm Aqua have uncovered a new attack targeting Apache Hadoop and Flink applications. The attacks exploit misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency cryptocurrency miners. The researchers reported that the attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2024
Experts found 3 malicious packages hiding crypto miners in PyPi repository

Researchers discovered three malicious packages in the PyPI repository targeting Linux systems with a cryptocurrency miner. Fortinet researchers discovered three malicious packages in the open-source PyPI repository. The three packages named modularseven, driftme, and catme were designed to target Linux systems to deploy a crypto miner. The packages have the same author, known as “sastra”, […]