Hidden Bee Cryptocurrency Miner

First observed in early 2019, Hidden Bee is a complex Lua-based cryptocurrency miner.

Threat ID:: CC-3081
Category:: Miner
Threat Severity:: Low
Threat Vector:: Exploit kit
Published:: 4 June 2019 12:00 AM

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Summary

First observed in early 2019, Hidden Bee is a complex Lua-based cryptocurrency miner.

Affected platforms

The following platforms are known to be affected:

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows - All versions

Threat details

Hidden Bee has currently only been observed being delivered by the Underminer exploit kit (mistakenly attributed as Hidden Bee itself) in spam campaigns or drive-by-download attacks.

Once installed, Hidden Bee uses an included bootkit to escalate its privileges and disguise itself, before deploying a mining module.

For further information:

CVE-2018-4878

Remediation steps

Type	Step
	To prevent and detect aninfection, ensure that: A robust program of education and awareness training is delivered to users to ensure they don’t open attachments or follow links within unsolicited emails. All operating systems, anti-virus and other security products are kept up-to-date. Regular anti-virus and security scans are performed on your organisation’s estate. All day-to-day computer activities such as email and internet are performed using non-administrative accounts. Strong password policies are in place. Network, proxy and firewall logs should be monitored for suspicious activity. User accounts accessed from affected devices should be reset on a clean computer. Your organisation adopts a holistic all-round approach to Cyber Security as advocated by the 10 Steps to Cyber Security.

Type

Step

To prevent and detect aninfection, ensure that:

A robust program of education and awareness training is delivered to users to ensure they don’t open attachments or follow links within unsolicited emails.
All operating systems, anti-virus and other security products are kept up-to-date.
Regular anti-virus and security scans are performed on your organisation’s estate.
All day-to-day computer activities such as email and internet are performed using non-administrative accounts.
Strong password policies are in place.
Network, proxy and firewall logs should be monitored for suspicious activity.
User accounts accessed from affected devices should be reset on a clean computer.
Your organisation adopts a holistic all-round approach to Cyber Security as advocated by the 10 Steps to Cyber Security.

CVE Vulnerabilities

Status

CVE-2018-4878

Last edited: 14 February 2020 2:47 pm