An unknown entity has been discovered to use a fake Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) broadcast to absorb traffic from 51 crypto-curency mining pools at 19 hosting companies, which includes Amazon, Digital Ocean, OVH, and other large hosting services.Researchers at Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) found that cybercriminals conducted this activity between February and May, 2014, raking in profit estimated around $83,000 / 62,000.The suspicious activity was first flagged on a …
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