Incidents like this make the government want to crack down on cryptocurrencies as soo as possible.
What does it have to do with bitcoin, i seriously does not care about the shit load of altcoins. Government should crack down illegal miners and malware like these and companies have to take serious steps to counter these illegal activities in their network and it looks like the airport has done nothing to ensure these basic safety procedures. 
Topic: Half of the airport’s workstations infected with a crypto mining software - page 2. (Read 223 times)
October 17, 2019, 06:33:08 PM
October 17, 2019, 06:03:28 PM
This is really sickening na disheartening, doesn't speak for the future of cryptocurrencies. Incidents like this make the government want to crack down on cryptocurrencies as soo as possible. CryptoJacking is a very serious issue in our contemporary society right now. Those big cooperation should endavour to check up on their systems periodically, no one is really safe.
October 17, 2019, 05:18:53 PM
I wonder how they got the software on the computers. I reckon someone came into the airport with USBs that had malware and automatic installed data on the computers.
You really do not need to physically install them using a USB, if the servers are not protect anyone can install all these with ease and the standard antivirus and malware protection software they were using was not detecting these breaches but the funny thing is that the network engineer did not identify the surge which tells you how their selection process was when they were hiring network engineers 
.It is confusing though. Not sure why the airport wouldn't do routine weekly, or even monthly checks on their computers for malware.
Shows the quality of staff they hired 
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October 17, 2019, 04:34:30 PM
This would explain why all those airport totems are so slow!
However, I believe that someone would notice the peak in energy consumption, or the temperature of those devices.
However, I believe that someone would notice the peak in energy consumption, or the temperature of those devices.
And if they do, some just ignore them, since it does not threatened the system on how those operator sees it. Computer operators are just there to operate the software installed on a unit and not knowledgeable on anything more than their task. Maintenance just checked the operation of the system and never bothers anything unless something bad happens or an error occur. This is the reason why these miners are running undetected.
October 17, 2019, 04:17:32 PM
There is a cybersecurity firm that published a blog post claiming they figured over 50% of the airport’s workstations were riddled with a crypto mining software despite the fact the workstations have 'industry-standard' antivirus and were not able to detect it.
They don"t know since how many times the malware was in place because they just started to work with the airport, so possibly for months. The airport didn't notice anything before.
I wonder how many others are actually targeted like this one.
They don"t know since how many times the malware was in place because they just started to work with the airport, so possibly for months. The airport didn't notice anything before.
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In a worst-case scenario, attackers could have breached the IT network as a means to hop onto the airport’s OT network in order to compromise critical operational systems ranging from runway lights to baggage handling machines and the air-train, to name a few of the many standard airport OT systems that could be cyber-sabotaged to cause catastrophic physical damage.
I wonder how many others are actually targeted like this one.
Many, many ATMs use x86 PCs with windows, color me surprised. They are often installed and forgotten from an IT standpoint, unless they break completely. Same with PoS, or the various computers they use both public facing and internally. They get infected with all kinds of malware, which probably includes the monero mining ones.
Perhaps they had some antivirus, they can't bother updating frequently from fear of breaking something else, until the malware breaks them, of course. But some malware is smart enough to not break its host. If you are on windows, try to learn from the experience. Its not like this is "news" whatsoever, its been like that for decades, people just never learn.
We have talked about it here before, if you abandon Windows, OSX, Android and iOS, you are 80% there. But even within the IT people there are many who don't ever bother learning using anything else, since these always break operating systems bring food to the table. But if you read this, you already know better, now its your turn: Start with Linux, its good for you. Don't ever change, and your turn will come.
October 17, 2019, 04:16:56 PM
There is a desperate need for companies and governments to develop software that can instantly detect these problems.
You could make a lot of money and do a lot of good with a piece of software that basically scanned your computer for mining software and stopped it. We need to evolve with the times.
Also had a suspicious they where used to mine some sort of crypto-currency. Seems like an easy target.
You could make a lot of money and do a lot of good with a piece of software that basically scanned your computer for mining software and stopped it. We need to evolve with the times.
Also had a suspicious they where used to mine some sort of crypto-currency. Seems like an easy target.
October 17, 2019, 04:12:30 PM
They are probably mining XMR
There's a LOT of places with crypto mining softwares installed without permission, like Schools, big companies, datacenters, research facilities etc
This is not good for our crypto world, it's illegal
There's a LOT of places with crypto mining softwares installed without permission, like Schools, big companies, datacenters, research facilities etc
This is not good for our crypto world, it's illegal
Illegal and also inevitable in the context of CPU mining. Botnets were mining Bitcoin in the early days too! The only reason they don't now is because of the progression of specialized/ASIC mining.
If Monero didn't implement regular hard forks to stave off ASIC mining, this phenomenon would be mitigated. I guess that's the price we pay for ASIC resistance!
October 17, 2019, 03:52:10 PM
Wow , so it come up to this nowadays ...people installing mining software in airports in order to mine. I think the same , they definitely mining XMR as that is the easiest way to install a software to mine XMR. I remember in my country that people from IRON GATES mined in 2016 with hydro power and they actually mined a lot of months until someone caught them ... .
Regarding the security , even if they make a quick check the software should be hidden in pc in order just to generate CPU power so they thought they are having a temperature problem no wonder why they discover it so lately.
Regarding the security , even if they make a quick check the software should be hidden in pc in order just to generate CPU power so they thought they are having a temperature problem no wonder why they discover it so lately.
October 17, 2019, 03:48:28 PM
You may can't imagine but the most curious thing that I have ever seen was window of command prompt run on bank's ATM screen and also on bill payment machine screens (while I was paying bills, somehow it started lagging and screen was in stuck, then cmd window came with words where one was written monero).
IT's are trying to get easy money by using their knowledge and some power which they have on these machines. To be fair it sucks and such employees deserve to be kicked from their job because when you run mining software on any device, it starts lag and making processes slower which is the worst thing especially when we are in touch with airport computers where security and flexibility is really must to have.
IT's are trying to get easy money by using their knowledge and some power which they have on these machines. To be fair it sucks and such employees deserve to be kicked from their job because when you run mining software on any device, it starts lag and making processes slower which is the worst thing especially when we are in touch with airport computers where security and flexibility is really must to have.
October 17, 2019, 03:41:19 PM
I wonder how they got the software on the computers. I reckon someone came into the airport with USBs that had malware and automatic installed data on the computers.
It is confusing though. Not sure why the airport wouldn't do routine weekly, or even monthly checks on their computers for malware.
There's a couple places I think would be prone to these sorta events, such as internet cafes, etc, anywhere where there are an excess of computers that are always in use.
Great link.
It is confusing though. Not sure why the airport wouldn't do routine weekly, or even monthly checks on their computers for malware.
There's a couple places I think would be prone to these sorta events, such as internet cafes, etc, anywhere where there are an excess of computers that are always in use.
Great link.
October 17, 2019, 03:39:28 PM
They are probably mining XMR
There's a LOT of places with crypto mining softwares installed without permission, like Schools, big companies, datacenters, research facilities etc
This is not good for our crypto world, it's illegal
There's a LOT of places with crypto mining softwares installed without permission, like Schools, big companies, datacenters, research facilities etc
This is not good for our crypto world, it's illegal
October 17, 2019, 03:35:16 PM
This would explain why all those airport totems are so slow!
However, I believe that someone would notice the peak in energy consumption, or the temperature of those devices.
However, I believe that someone would notice the peak in energy consumption, or the temperature of those devices.
October 17, 2019, 03:07:56 PM
There is a cybersecurity firm that published a blog post claiming they figured over 50% of the airport’s workstations were riddled with a crypto mining software despite the fact the workstations have 'industry-standard' antivirus and were not able to detect it.
They don"t know since how many times the malware was in place because they just started to work with the airport, so possibly for months. The airport didn't notice anything before.
I wonder how many others are actually targeted like this one.
They don"t know since how many times the malware was in place because they just started to work with the airport, so possibly for months. The airport didn't notice anything before.
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In a worst-case scenario, attackers could have breached the IT network as a means to hop onto the airport’s OT network in order to compromise critical operational systems ranging from runway lights to baggage handling machines and the air-train, to name a few of the many standard airport OT systems that could be cyber-sabotaged to cause catastrophic physical damage.
I wonder how many others are actually targeted like this one.
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