Cybersecurity

Cryptojackers Use IAM Credential Within Five Minutes of Discovery | Cyware Hacker News

Researchers have identified an ongoing cryptojacking campaign, EleKtra-Leak, that targets exposed Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials on GitHub repositories. The campaign has been active since December 2020, with as many as 474 unique Amazon EC2 instances found being used to mine Monero cryptocurrency between August 30 and October 6. Moreover, threat actors use these […]

Cybersecurity

Iranian Cyber Espionage Group Targets Financial and Government Sectors in Middle East

A threat actor affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been observed waging a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign targeting financial, government, military, and telecommunications sectors in the Middle East for at least a year. Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point, which discovered the campaign alongside Sygnia, is tracking the actor under the name […]