Water Kappa targets Japan

Water Kappa targets Japan

A social engineering based malvertising campaign has been discovered targeting Japanese crypto users. The campaign spreads via malicious applications by taking advantage of sideloading vulnerabilities in them. The exploited vulnerabilities…
Crypto Mining Bots Alters CPU

Crypto Mining Bots Alters CPU

Uptycs Threat Research Team has discovered malware that not only hijacks vulnerable *nix-based servers and uses them to mine cryptocurrency but actually modifies their CPU configurations in a bid to…
Racoon Stealer as a Service

Racoon Stealer as a Service

Raccoon Stealer has been upgraded by its developer in order to steal cryptocurrency alongside financial information. Stealer-as-a-service, a bolt-on for threat actors to use as an additional tool for data…
Mosaic Loader Hides in Defender Exclusions

Mosaic Loader Hides in Defender Exclusions

Researchers lifted the lid on a previously undocumented malware strain dubbed MosaicLoader that singles out individuals searching for cracked software as part of a global campaign. The attackers behind MosaicLoader…
Python Repo CryptoMined
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Python Repo CryptoMined

Researchers uncovered six malicious typosquatting packages in the official Python programming language’s PyPI repository, laced with cryptomining malware. Python Package Index or PyPI is a software code repository created in…