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November 29, 2021 02:34 am
Original Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/11/29/0211218/malicious-actors-are-compromising-google-cloud-accounts-installing-cryptocurrency-miners?utm_source=r
'Malicious Actors' are Compromising Google Cloud Accounts, Installing Cryptocurrency Miners
CNBC reports:Cryptocurrency miners are using compromised Google Cloud accounts for computationally-intensive mining purposes, Google has warned. The search giant's cybersecurity team provided details in a report published Wednesday. The so-called "Threat Horizons" report aims to provide intelligence that allows organizations to keep their cloud environments secure. "Malicious actors were observed performing cryptocurrency mining within compromised Cloud instances," Google wrote in an executive summary of the report... Google said 86% of 50 recently compromised Google Cloud accounts were used to perform cryptocurrency mining. In the majority of cases, cryptocurrency mining software was downloaded within 22 seconds of the account being compromised, Google said.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/11/29/0211218/malicious-actors-are-compromising-google-cloud-accounts-installing-cryptocurrency-miners?utm_source=r
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