{"id":952,"date":"2020-08-21T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/51.75.254.207\/Club-Freelance\/?p=952"},"modified":"2022-10-10T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:30:01","slug":"weekly-news-a-crypto-worm-is-stealing-aws-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/?p=952","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News: A crypto-worm is stealing AWS credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers have
\ndiscovered what they believe to be the first-ever crypto-mining worm that also
\nmanages to steal AWS credentials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crypto-mining worms have been around for a while, stealthily
\ninfiltrating a network and using its computing power to mine cryptocurrency.
\nThis new worm is actually not even that good at it, having only made a mere
\n$300 in profits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, the attackers, who go by the name TeamTNT, have managed to incorporate the credential-stealing feature into their code. The researchers believe the attackers have recycled this functionality from a previous worm that targetted Alibaba’s cloud.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

This points to an emerging trend of copy-and-paste, opening the door for future malware to replicate TeamTNT’s code and go onto steal AWS credentials and compromise cloud ecosystems. <\/p>\n

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Fired for skipping the firewall<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A whopping four out of
\nten businesses in the UK admit having dismissed employees for breaching the
\ncompany’s security protocols. That’s according to a new survey by Centrify, a
\nprivileged access management solutions provider.<\/p>\n

Most incidents were related to work-from-home scenarios, as a
\nlarge proportion of employees tends to circumvent safety measures in favour of
\ncomfort or portability.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As a result, 65% of companies have made important changes to their cybersecurity policy. Shadow IT was already a huge problem before the workforce transitioned to remote work. Now it’s become even more difficult to ensure that employees don’t use personal devices to access company networks and files. <\/p>\n

Well, just keep in mind that you could get fired for it. <\/p>\n

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