Botnet Smominru exploited over 526,000 devices using EternalBlue flaws to dig Monero

According to bleepingcomputer, on February 1, Smominru botnet has infected more than 526,000 computers with leaked NSA vulnerabilities.

Software security researchers at cybersecurity firm have discovered a new global botnet called Smominru, also known as Ismo, which uses the NSA loophole Eternal Blue to spread Monero mining malicious software.

The media said the loopholes in “Eternal Blue” were leaked by so-called Shadow Brokers hackers who were reportedly behind the scenes stealing the 2017 WannaCry worm extortion software.

It has been confirmed that the Smominru botnet has been infected with computers since May 2017 and will dig 24 Monero daily. So far, it has been reported that Botnet has successfully dredged 8,900 Monero at the press release, or about $ 2.1 million. Researchers said the Smominru-infected computers were the most numerous found in Russia, India, and Taiwan.

According to the evidence, cybercriminals target vulnerable Windows systems and also use a compromised NSA protocol called EsteemAudit.

According to thehackernews.com, experts also informed SharkTech of DDoS protection services that Smominru’s command and control infrastructure had been detected, but they did not get a response.

As reported by Cointelegraph on January 28, large-scale Monero malware attacks via online advertising are largely due to the controversial crypto-currency mining and advertising platform cove, which has affected a large number of users and online globally Business, including Youtube