Hackers Target Hikvision DVR for Bitcoin Mining

SANS Technology Institute, announced last Friday that he found malicious software on Hikvision digital video recorders (DVRs), which are used to record video from surveillance cameras. The virus seems to spread from device to device onto each machine it connects with on the network in question. Along with replicating, though, it also uses the closed-circuit television operators to mine for bitcoin, sending those profits back to the virus’ creator.

What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a software-based online payment system described by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 and introduced as open-source software in 2009.Payments are recorded in a public ledger using its own unit of account, which is also called bitcoin. Payments work peer-to-peer without a central repository or single administrator, which has led the US Treasury to call bitcoin a decentralized virtual currency.

 “The bitcoin system is run by independent machines spread across the globe, and if you contribute processing power to the system, you receive some bitcoin in return. This is called mining, and hackers often seek to mine using any machines they can gain control of – including security camera DVRs.”

In US & UK Bitcoin is used with Cryptolocker ransomware and hacker can Encrypt your data and ask to pay him in bitcoins if you don’t the Encryption key will be deleted forever. i.e you cannot recover your data at any cost once the key is deleted.

Cryptolocker Ransomware till now only supports Windows and Linux

Security Measures :

1.    Don’t Download any of the suspicious files from the internet.
2. Bitcoin miniers send zip file thorugh emailers and facebook users send message that can be dangerous for your Data Stored.
3. Customers using Hikvision DVR we request to contact their Installers and get the firmware replaced and change the password and we insist change the default password from ‘12345’ ,for more Details About Preventing the DVR from Bitcoin Virus.

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Bitcoin Miners are also spread through :-

·         Hikvision DVR.

·         Facebook

·         Skype

·         Yahoo

Note:   This are the medium through which bitcoin mining is carried out but you can save your self  if you take preventive measures and don’t download unknown files.

Sources :

Rt.com

Wikipedia.com

Theguardian.com

Zdnet.com

Cnet.com

Bbc.com

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Geek.com

Pcworld.com

The nextweb.com