Do Son ASEC exposed PrintMiner, a Monero cryptominer spreading via USB LNK files. It uses DLL Side-Loading (printui.exe) and "Smart Mining" to suspend activity when games or Task Manager are opened.
CoinMiner
GeoServer's RCE flaw (CVE-2024-36401) is actively exploited to deploy NetCat reverse shells and XMRig CoinMiners on Windows/Linux, hijacking resources.
A sophisticated malware campaign targets Korean Internet cafés with Gh0st RAT and CoinMiner, hijacking systems for crypto mining. ASEC urges immediate action.
Threat actors are using the PyBitmessage protocol as a stealthy C2 channel to hide a Monero coinminer and backdoor, evading detection.
A CoinMiner, a type of malware that hijacks systems to mine cryptocurrency, unwittingly left a backdoor open
The Python community has recently faced a new threat: three new malicious PyPI packages that deploy CoinMiner on Linux devices