A new Linux crypto miner was recently discovered by security analyst and they called it Koske. And as a crypto miner, it's obvious point of attack is to deploy CPU and GPU cryptocurrency miners that will take the host computational power and mined 18 coins. And what's dangerous is that they are using Panda images and hiding the malware inside, using shell script and C language. And it has been attributed to the Serbs as the code itself include Serbian phrases in the scripts.
https://www.aquasec.com/blog/ai-generated-malware-in-panda-image-hides-persistent-linux-threat/
And again, we have seen a very intricate ways of this cyber criminals to trap us and then harness our hardware. They even have evasive capabilities as well, then can go and loop to check which crypto to mine.
Also according to the report, this is AI powered malware, and maybe once they developed a new one, it could be more dangerous and sophisticated threat to us. And not just to crypto hijack, but to steal our crypto information.
https://www.aquasec.com/blog/ai-generated-malware-in-panda-image-hides-persistent-linux-threat/
And again, we have seen a very intricate ways of this cyber criminals to trap us and then harness our hardware. They even have evasive capabilities as well, then can go and loop to check which crypto to mine.
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Auto-switching: If a coin or pool fails, it dynamically selects another from its list
Mining Targets: Includes Monero, Ravencoin, Zano, Nexa, Tari (GPU/CPU), and others
Mining Targets: Includes Monero, Ravencoin, Zano, Nexa, Tari (GPU/CPU), and others
Also according to the report, this is AI powered malware, and maybe once they developed a new one, it could be more dangerous and sophisticated threat to us. And not just to crypto hijack, but to steal our crypto information.