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THE ILLICIT CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING THREAT CTA members have observed existing criminal actor groups shifting well-known botnet infrastructure away from ransomware and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to engage in illicit cryptocurrency mining. Researchers noted in February 2018 that the BlackRuby Ransomware family began “double dipping” by adding the open-source XMRig software to their tools to mine Monero10. The VenusLocker Ransomware family completely shifted gears, dropping ransomware for Monero mining11. The Mirai botnet, notable for its 2016 DDoS attack that used IoT devices to impact substantial portions of U.S. internet services, has since been repurposed into an IoT-mining botnet12. Malicious actors are making this shift due to the increasing profitability of illicit cryptocurrency mining and the reduced risk of getting caught. Illicit mining often occurs undetected within an enterprise over a long time period, generating a steady stream of revenue while not calling attention to itself. It is a quieter crime than ransomware and DDoS, which by their very nature are disruptive and cause an obvious issue. Malicious actors are able to move to illicit mining operations to reduce their risk of exposure and criminal prosecution while continuing to make a profit. CTA assesses that the following factors have been key enablers for malicious actors to conduct illicit cryptocurrency mining: • Easy to use, commodity malware and browser- based exploits are readily available, making illicit mining easy and efficient. • The increasing availability of pool mining, where groups of computers pool their resources together to mine cryptocurrencies, provides a scalable method for mining coins across a distributed network. • Enterprises and individuals with inadequate security practices and cyber hygiene provide targets for malicious actors and often are not aware of the potential impacts to their infrastructure and operations. Illicit cryptocurrency mining represents an increasingly common cybersecurity risk. In fact, if the factors described above remain in play, CTA assesses that illicit mining will pose a long-term threat to individuals and enterprises. The potential impacts include business disruption due to IT systems being unavailable, increased electrical bills, and the ability for adversaries to repurpose the access used for illicit mining to other malicious activities. The presence of illicit mining malware may also indicate there are even worse things operating on the network. Therefore, individuals and enterprises must combat this threat and take it seriously. The best approach is for owners, operators, and network defenders to improve their cyber hygiene and employ cybersecurity best practices. Improving defenses against spam and phishing campaigns, patching known vulnerabilities, and preventing unauthorized lateral movement will disrupt the ability of threat actors to use low-cost exploitation techniques to install malicious miners. Implementing these best practices would have a deleterious effect on the economic feasibility of illicit cryptocurrency mining. When network defenders improve their cyber hygiene and force illicit cryptocurrency miners • • 10 11 12 The increasing value of cryptocurrencies makes illicit mining more profitable. The introduction of cryptocurrencies that may be mined via standard personal computers and IoT devices and offer additional anonymity for transactions, such as Monero and Ethereum, creates an environment where the potential attack surface is larger and the use of mined coins by actors is harder to track. https://twitter.com/malwrhunterteam/status/960869408209014784 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/venuslocker-ransomware-gang-switches-to-monero-mining/ https://securityintelligence.com/mirai-iot-botnet-mining-for-bitcoins/ 7PDF Image | ILLICIT CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING THREAT
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