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Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.
7 CVEs Mallory has correlated with this family across public research and vendor advisories. Each row links to the full Mallory page for that vulnerability.
On May 12th 2019, Watchbog began attacking Jenkins servers. The article presents a request observed on a victim server exploiting CVE-2018-1000861 and identifies the vulnerability as residing in Jenkins' Stapler web framework. | On May 12th 2019, we observed Watchbog, a cryptocurrency-mining botnet, started a grand attack aiming at Jenkins.
WatchBog is a cryptocurrency-mining botnet that was spotted as early as November 2018... We have detected a new version of WatchBog, which incorporates recently published exploits...
WatchBog is a cryptocurrency-mining botnet that was spotted as early as November 2018... We have detected a new version of WatchBog, which incorporates recently published exploits...
WatchBog is a cryptocurrency-mining botnet that was spotted as early as November 2018... We have detected a new version of WatchBog, which incorporates recently published exploits...
WatchBog is a cryptocurrency-mining botnet that was spotted as early as November 2018... We have detected a new version of WatchBog, which incorporates recently published exploits...
WatchBog is a cryptocurrency-mining botnet that was spotted as early as November 2018... We have detected a new version of WatchBog, which incorporates recently published exploits...
WatchBog is a cryptocurrency-mining botnet that was spotted as early as November 2018... We have detected a new version of WatchBog, which incorporates recently published exploits...
15 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
These packets were encoded to obfuscate its content. During the analysis, we were able to determine the encoding algorithm used.
The binary first attempts to connect to one of the available static C2 servers. We observed that the onion C2 server had an expired certificate.
29 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.
IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.
File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256) from samples and reports.
Other indicator types observed in public reporting.
4 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Compromises Jenkins servers through CVE-2018-1000861, retrieves shell scripts through chained Pastebin URLs, installs XMRig to mine Monero, and establishes persistence through crontab modifications. The described infections do not automatically attack peer servers. Earlier campaigns targeted Nexus Repository Manager 3, ThinkPHP, and Linux Supervisord.
A Linux-focused cryptocurrency-mining botnet that deploys Monero miner modules, maintains persistence via crontab, retrieves C2 infrastructure from Pastebin and a hardcoded onion fallback, and spreads by exploiting multiple RCE vulnerabilities and brute-forcing exposed services. The newer version also includes a BlueKeep/RDP scanner to identify vulnerable Windows systems.
Linux-based malware/botnet that uses Pastebin for C2, installs Monero mining payloads, spreads laterally via SSH and by scanning/exploiting Jenkins and Redis servers, persists via cron jobs, and deletes evidence.
A botnet of hijacked Linux servers involved in stealthy crypto-mining operations; its operators added a BlueKeep scanner to identify vulnerable Windows systems for future targeting or resale.
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Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.