Attack Cases of CoinMiners Mining Ethereum Classic Coins Posted By Sanseo , January 31, 2023 The ASEC analysis team is monitoring CoinMiners that are targeting Korean and overseas users. We have covered cases of various types of CoinMiner attacks over multiple blog posts in the past. This post aims to introduce the recently discovered malware that mine Ethereum Classic coins. 0. Overview CoinMiners are installed without user awareness and use the system’s resources to mine cryptocurrency, leading to low system performance. Threat actors that distribute CoinMiners tend to mine coins that guarantee anonymity, such as…
Coinminer Malware Distributed via Discord Posted By Sanseo , October 25, 2021 While monitoring malware that is being distributed in Korea, the ASEC analysis team confirmed that coinminer malware was being distributed via Discord messenger. The attacker introduces a program that generates Robux, a currency used in a game called Roblox, for free in the following Discord chat room named “Free Robux Generator” and prompts the user to download it. Upon clicking the “Robux Generator – Download,” the compressed file shown below is downloaded. Upon decompressing the file, an executable named “robux…
