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New botnet infects cryptocurrency mining computers, replaces wallet address

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  1. New botnet infects cryptocurrency mining computers, replaces wallet address  Ars Technica

  2. Satori botnet successor targets Ethereum mining rigs  ZDNet
  3. Major Botnet Resurfaces to Pounce on Claymore Mining Rigs  Cryptovest
  4. Art of Steal: Satori Variant is Robbing ETH BitCoin by Replacing Wallet Address – 360 Netlab Blog  360 Netlab Blog
  5. Satori Botnet Is Now Attacking Ethereum Mining Rigs  BleepingComputer

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Smashing Security podcast #049: Hacking funeral homes, crypto mining websites, and careful with that hairspray

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Smashing Security podcast #049: Hacking funeral homes, crypto mining websites, and careful with that hairspray

Scammers show a lack of imagination after hacking a funeral home, more websites are secretly stealing visitors’ resources to mine for cryptocurrency, and everyone is very confused about the USA’s airline laptop ban.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by The Register’s John Leyden.

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Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Hosted in Amazon S3 Bucket – Threatpost

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Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Hosted in Amazon S3 Bucket
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The Zminer executable is being dropped from an exploit kit, which in turn connects with an Amazon S3 storage bucket to grab two payloads called Claymore CryptoNote CPU Miner and Manager.exe. Claymore is the mining utility used to produce Monero, an …

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