Security post - Bitcoin ATM malware and Mikrotik routers not safe unless updated
Hola hola amigos! Time to tighten your belt strap as we enter the criminal world and review ways you can kiss your precious cryptocurrencies goodbye. Vigilance is essential, when dealing with anything related to crytpos, wallets, logins.
Bitcoin ATMs vulnerable
Security researcher and software producer Trend Micro went scouring on the dark web ad picked up some alarming pieces of information. According to a blog post on August 7th, they uncovered in an underground forum a sale offer of Bitcoin ATM malware.
The malware is not cheap, so every lowlife probabaly cannot afford it, but an established criminal could easily cough up the required $25000 and inject a notable amount of Bitcoin ATMs worldwide.
The malware exploites a vulnerability in the code and will steal your Bitcoins in a blink. So, a question for you all - do you really want to put your funds at risk? I have never seen a Bitcoin ATM and for curiousity purposes I would like to check them out, but never on my main wallet.
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Bitcoin ATM-s work a little differently than regular ATM-s and don't involve a bank in transactions. Rather they connect you to a cryptocurrency exchange and allow you to purchase cryptos which are then sent to your wallet. You can enter or scan your wallet address and opt to send your freshly-purchased cryptos to that address. Probably that moment will be the last time you see your funds.
Mikrotik routers are swimming in trouble
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Mikrotik has had a myriad of issues recently - just until April, their routers' firmware had a vulnerability, that allowed attackers to listen to your network traffic easily. Whether logging in to your bank, e-mail, cryptowallet or any social network, all your credentials were at risk. And I bet many of you store some of your wallet passwords in your Gmail, don't you?
Well, Mikrotik is no lazy bum and fixed the vulnerability. Alas, some security researchers created a proof-of-concept hack, that exploited the previous patch and gaine control over the routers, injecting Coinhive cryptojacking/mining code to the router and essentially making the users visiting ANY website using these routers a massive mining botnet.
Alas, it wasn't only the white-hat researchers discovering this flaw. There are multiple cases recorded where more than 200 000 routers were affected by said malware, mostly in Brazil and Moldova.
If you happen to rock a Mikrotik router, be sure to spend some time on their website and do yourself a favor, update it.
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