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Cyber Threat Alliance Releases Cryptomining Whitepaper

Summary: The Cyber Threat Alliance, with contributions from Cisco Talos and other members, released a whitepaper on the rise of illicit cryptomining attacks, which the post describes as a lucrative and widespread vector despite recent devaluation of some cryptocurrencies. The paper covers the low technical barrier to entry for attackers, the availability of patches for many of the vulnerabilities they exploit, and the fact that Talos often observes multiple actors running cryptomining software on the same compromised box.

Bottom line: Finding unauthorized cryptomining software on an asset is a canary-in-the-coalmine signal: the same known vulnerabilities that let one actor in likely gave others access too, potentially for more damaging purposes than stolen processing power.

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