Topic: Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Servers to Mine Monero - Makes $63,000 In 3 Months (Read 196 times)
January 19, 2018, 08:04:57 AM
Can we do that for amazon servers as well?
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January 19, 2018, 04:46:47 AM
I wish I am a hacker. Too bad I am an engineer.
October 12, 2017, 07:28:59 PM
This is interesting. I guess they choose Monero as it would require less resources vs BTC or ETH
October 12, 2017, 05:37:38 PM
woah! lots of money!
October 07, 2017, 05:18:57 PM
This is an interesting news. But my question is: why would they mine exactly Monero?
Probably because they think it will be the cryptocurrency of tomorrow. Also because and I am not sure about this it is just my theory but if they tried to mine Bitcoin or Ethereum those resources being redirected would have
been noticed right away. Of course they could have went for a much smaller coin with less hash and then flew under the radar but you know what they say about greed.
October 07, 2017, 03:37:53 PM
This is an interesting news. But my question is: why would they mine exactly Monero?
October 07, 2017, 02:34:07 PM
Mining cryptocurrencies can be a costly investment as it takes a monstrous amount of computing power, and thus hackers have started using malware that steals computing resources of computers it hijacks to make lots of dollars in digital currency.
Security researchers at security firm ESET have spotted one such malware that infected hundreds of Windows web servers with a malicious cryptocurrency miner and helped cybercriminals made more than $63,000 worth of Monero (XMR) in just three months.
According to a report published by ESET today, cybercriminals only made modifications to legitimate open source Monero mining software and exploited a known vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 6.0 to secretly install the miner on unpatched Windows servers.
Full article available on:
https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/windows-monero-miners.html
Security researchers at security firm ESET have spotted one such malware that infected hundreds of Windows web servers with a malicious cryptocurrency miner and helped cybercriminals made more than $63,000 worth of Monero (XMR) in just three months.
According to a report published by ESET today, cybercriminals only made modifications to legitimate open source Monero mining software and exploited a known vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 6.0 to secretly install the miner on unpatched Windows servers.
Full article available on:
https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/windows-monero-miners.html
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