Cryptojacking

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Critical Gitea RCE Actively Exploited as Reported Attack Drops Miner-Like Payload

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned of active exploitation efforts targeting a recently patched critical security flaw impacting Gitea. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-60004, a case of remote code execution that allows an …

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Aug 17decrypt.co

Hackers Are Abusing a macOS Screen Sharing Flaw to Secretly Mine Monero

The Netherlands' NCSC warned of active exploitation of a macOS Screen Sharing vulnerability across systems with port 5900 exposed to the internet, where attackers gained root access and installed Monero mining programs.

GPU mining malware spreads via SEO poisoning, AI chatbots

May 27bleepingcomputer.com

GPU mining malware spreads via SEO poisoning, AI chatbots

Microsoft says a cryptojacking campaign used SEO poisoning and AI chatbot links to lure victims into downloading malware-laced utility installers.