Malware on Monero Website Causes Coin Loss
Malware Alert: Malware on Monero Website Causes Coin Loss
Malicious software circulates on getmonero.com. According to the Monero Core Team, the official Monero (XMR) Wallet is malware-infected. Users should not be guilty of recently downloaded Monero Wallets — they risk losing paid coins.
After posting a post on the Monero Reddit channel, XMR users run the risk of being caught downloading the official Monero Wallet malware. The blog post released by the Monero Core Team on Tuesday, November 19, warns against compromised Wallet software. Thus, installing wallets for the Linux operating system can result in the loss of any coins deposited on them.
At the present level of knowledge, however, only Command Line Interface (CLI) wallets, ie those which control users by means of a command, are affected.
Security Warning: CLI binaries available on getmonero.org may have been compromised at some point during the last 24h. from Monero
On Reddit u / binaryFate had pointed out that the hash of the binary data of the CLI Wallet in question does not match the hash reported by Monero. According to GitHub, the hash for the 64-bit Linux wallet would have to read as follows:
5decc690a63aab004bae261630980e631b9d37a0271bbe0c5b477feffcd3f8c2
Instead, GitHub user nikitasius calculates the following hash for said wallet:
7ab9afbc5f9a1df687558d570192fbfe9e085712657d2cfa5524f2c8caccca31
Monero, Malware Alert: Malware on Monero Website Causes Coin Loss
Users are advised to hash the binary data of recently downloaded Monero software and match it with the official hash. If contradictions arise, they are in all likelihood malicious software. This was confirmed by Scott Anecito, software developer and cyber security expert at GitHub.
I can confirm that the malicious binary steals coins. About 9 hours after I ran the binary, a single transaction emptied the entire wallet. I downloaded the code yesterday at 6pm,
It is said by Anecitos.
How exactly the compromised Linux software comes into the download area on the official website is currently unclear.
A hash is the mapping of a large amount of data to a smaller target amount. Data that is hashed using the same function always results in the same hash. However, if the input data changes minimally, the hashed target quantity changes significantly. This will determine if data integrity has been preserved.
Malware Mining: The Smoldering Danger
In terms of malware, the Privacy Coin Monero now has an inglorious history. Finally, news from so-called malware miners have been circulating for quite some time. This is malicious software that causes infected computers to use computing power for the Monero Mining.
For example, the botnet Smominru brought it to prominence. This is a network of malware that is said to have affected up to 500,000 computers. According to the report of the IT security firm Carbon Black Smominru XMR alone in the equivalent of approximately 3.3 million US dollars have minted. BTC-ECHO reported .
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Published at Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:23:06 +0000
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