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Outlaw Updates Kit to Kill Older Miner Versions, Targets More Systems

  • Posted on:February 10, 2020 at 1:00 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Exploits, Malware, Targeted Attacks, Vulnerabilities
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We observed an increase in hacking group Outlaw’s activities in December, with updates on the kits’ capabilities reminiscent of their previous attacks.

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Tags: ExploitshackingminerMoneroOutlaw

(Almost) Hollow and Innocent: Monero Miner Remains Undetected via Process Hollowing

  • Posted on:December 12, 2019 at 5:00 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware
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Cryptocurrencies’ values are increasing again, which may explain why the number of stealthy techniques to deliver them have also increased this year. We found another campaign using process hollowing and a dropper component to evade detection and analysis, and can potentially be used for other malware payloads.

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Tags: cryptocurrencycryptominerMoneroprocess holllowing

Old Tools for New Money: URL Spreading Shellbot and XMRig Using 17-year-old XHide

  • Posted on:July 19, 2019 at 5:09 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware
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    Trend Micro
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We found a threat that scans for open ports and brute forces systems with weak credentials to drop a Monero cryptocurrency miner. While the installation and mining process is hidden by old evasion tool XHide Process Faker, the malware can be used for bigger attacks in the future as both the shellbot and miner can be monetized.

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Tags: cryptocurrency minerMoneroshellbotXHideXMRig

Outlaw Hacking Group’s Botnet Observed Spreading Miner, Perl-Based Backdoor

  • Posted on:June 13, 2019 at 12:02 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Botnets, Malware
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    Trend Micro
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One of our honeypots detected a URL spreading a botnet with a Monero miner bundled with a Perl-based backdoor component. The routine caught our attention as the techniques employed are reminiscent as those used in the Outlaw hacking group’s previous operation.

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Tags: backdoorbotnet attacksbrute force attackscoinminerMoneroOutlaw

CVE-2019-2725 Exploited and Certificate Files Used for Obfuscation to Deliver Monero Miner

  • Posted on:June 10, 2019 at 12:15 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Vulnerabilities
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    Trend Micro
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We found cryptocurrency-mining activity that involves the exploitation of the Oracle WebLogic server vulnerability CVE-2019-2725 with the interesting behavior of using certificate files as an obfuscation tactic.

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Tags: cryptocurrency minerCVE-2019-2725Monerovulnerability
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