Cloud Security - Dr Athir Muharib Al-Suhairi | د أثير محارب السهيري

U.S. Government Issues Urgent Warning of DNS Attacks

by Prof. Dr. Athir Muharib Al-Suhairi | د. أثير محارب السهيريCloud Security, DNS, Web Security January 23, 2019Comments are Disabled

An emergency directive from the Department of Homeland Security provides “required actions” for U.S. government agencies to prevent widespread DNS hijacking attacks. The Department of Homeland Security is ordering all federal agencies to urgently audit Domain Name System (DNS) security for their domains in the next 10 business days. The department’s rare “emergency directive,” issued …

Cryptomining Malware Uninstalls Cloud Security Products

by Prof. Dr. Athir Muharib Al-Suhairi | د. أثير محارب السهيريCloud Security, Malware January 15, 2019Comments are Disabled

New samples of cryptomining malware performs a never-before-seen function: uninstalling cloud security products. Researchers say they have discovered a unique malware family capable of gaining admin rights on targeted systems by uninstalling cloud-security products. Instances of the malicious activity are tied to coin-mining malware targeting Linux servers. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, which published the report …

CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING MALWARE HOSTED IN AMAZON S3 BUCKET

by Prof. Dr. Athir Muharib Al-Suhairi | د. أثير محارب السهيريCloud Security August 17, 2017Comments are Disabled

As Bitcoin’s price continues to soar beyond $4,000 USD per, cybercriminals are responding in kind by using techniques long reserved for adware, click-fraud and spying to now drop cryptocurrency miners onto compromised computers. The latest incident comes from a rash of drive-by downloads that are being used to install coin-mining malware called Zminer, according to …