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The scariest thing for a cloud provider I'd imagine is a VM being able to read the cloud services login/key from an adjacent VM, then using that key to spawn mo
by CoolGuySteve 8y ago
The scariest thing for a cloud provider I'd imagine is a VM being able to read the cloud services login/key from an adjacent VM, then using that key to spawn more VMs that steal more keys and so on. Crypto mining allows the exploiter to directly translate that stolen compute into something valuable so there's a profit incentive to do so as well.
The cloud environment as a whole seems a lot more homogeneous, accessible, and easier to profit from than exploiting desktops.
- UweSchmidt 8y agoI would expect cloud providers to easily detect crypto mining activity and to shut it down: https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/9b31b7/how_to_hide_mining_from_cloud_service_provider/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/9b31b7/how_to... I would assume hardware and electric outlets that are not professionally supervised to be most vulnerable. If you find your way into some type of NAS, then you've probably found a homogeneous environment: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2490759/hacked-synology-nas-systems-used-in-big-profit-cryptocurrency-mining-scheme.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2490759/hacked-synolog...