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Mining Smominru botnet used NSA exploit to infect more than 526,000 systems
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-0144 | Remote Code Execution in Microsoft SMBv1 (EternalBlue) affecting Windows and Siemens devices | 8.8 | 99% | KEVRansomwarePoC ×6 | KEV |
| CVE-2017-0176 | A buffer overflow in Smart Card authentication code in gpkcsp.dll in Microsoft Windows XP through SP3 and Server 2003 through SP2 allows a remote attacker to… | 8.1 | 46% | PoC |
From the original article
2 min read at securityaffairs.comResearchers from Proofpoint discovered a huge botnet dubbed ‘Smominru’ that is using the EternalBlue exploit to infect Windows computers and recruit them in Monero cryptocurrency mining activities. The number of cyber attacks against the cryptocurrency sector continues, vxers are focusing their efforts on the development of cryptocurrency/miner malware.
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