are reportedly favoring unhurried approaches in attacks made for financial gains, with as a prime example of this shift. IT website ComputerWorld on this development on March 14.
Data released by company Darktrace reveals that cryptojacking attempts percent in 2018, and, according to ComputerWorld, the company also said that this trend continued in 2019.
The ComputerWorld article cites Max Heinemeyer, director of threat hunting at Darktrace, commenting on the findings. He reportedly said that since many victims may be unable to pay a ransom in () due to technical ineptitude, cryptojacking might be a better approach.
He added that “it [cryptojacking] is low and slow and guarantees a profit,” while ransomware does not. ComputerWorld also quotes Heinemeyer as stating that the barriers to entry to creating cryptojacking are low.
Heinemeyer also said that other methods, such as stealing credit card credentials, are cumbersome since criminals need to establish money laundering networks in order to avoid law enforcement. Lastly, he also noted:
“We’ve seen so many different variants of how these pieces of malware are spreading or being loaded.”
Per the report, he cited a company based out of the that saw over 400 devices very quickly infected by a cryptojacking malware after an initial infection via a email. Also, according to Heinemeyer, one system admin installed a device underneath the floorboards of the data center where he worked at a major bank in a creative cryptojacking move.
The article also suggests that such attacks mine the () , since unlike , it is more suitable for on non-specialized, even consumer-grade, hardware. However, Cointelegraph recently that a upgrade has made the coin more resistant to .
As Cointelegraph has , of about 400 servers running virtualization software Docker that were found to be vulnerable to outside exploitation, most were seemingly running software.
Also, -based software corporation eight Windows 10 applications from its official app after firm Symantec identified the presence of surreptitious coin code in February.
Published at Fri, 15 Mar 2019 05:15:48 +0000
