THELOGICALINDIAN - A Taiwanese accouterments aggregation has warned its audience about a targeted crypto mining advance adjoin their accumulator accessories The malware infects NAS accessories affiliated to the internet by installing a cryptominer called Dovecat
Threat Actors Install Malware That Illicitly Mines Bitcoin
According to the advising revealed by Bleeping Computer, the malware mines bitcoin (BTC) on NAS accessories after alerting its operators. The aggregation elaborates on the findings:
The malware attack launched by alien blackmail actors has been surfacing over the aftermost three months. Some barter address that the bitcoin miner uses all the CPU and anamnesis assets of the device, apprehension it about unusable.
Per a ability abject article, Qnap says that unless the Dovecat action encounters a contempo firmware (4.4.x), the arrangement could accept been compromised by the miner.
The aggregation recommends afterlight all NAS accessories to the latest software, installing the company’s malware apprehension applications, and application stronger passwords. Several users accept been testing the solutions provided by Qnap, claiming success back applying them.
Qnap is a acclaimed aggregation in the book accumulator industry. Their accessories are allegedly congenital with technology that can handle appear crypto mining operations, authoritative them a ambition for hackers.
In fact, in September 2020, the Taiwanese close warned its barter about the Agelocker ransomware attack adjoin their about apparent NAS devices.
Latest Figures on Cryptojacking Incidents
The latest statistics appear by Symantec unveiled a growing trend in cryptojacking incidents. According to the study, the additional division of 2020 saw a improvement of attacks, accretion 163% compared to the antecedent quarter’s activity.
The cybersecurity lab additionally confirms what best malware advisers achieve about cryptojacking: bitcoin and monero (XMR) are the two currencies best generally mined during these attacks.
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