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A study from Skybox Security suggests that malicious crypto miners are now focused on attacking faults in cloud computing containers as the popularity of desktop crypto mining malware steadily falls off. origin »
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Network fundamentals and cyber security reports suggest that all XMR statistics have been heavily influenced by a significant uptick in mining malware.
2019-1-22 14:01 | |
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Researchers at Kaspersky Labs have released a report stating that 2018 has been the year of the crypto-miners. Previous years were noted for ransomware or browser hijackers but this year has seen the biggest rise in mining malware designed to commandeer unsuspecting computers for their processing power.
2018-11-29 14:00 | |
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Leading cybersecurity unit Kaspersky Labs has warned hackers are “reprofiling” the world’s most well-known botnets en masse in order to spread their cryptocurrency mining malware as widely as possible.
2018-11-28 18:56 | |
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A report submitted by McAfee researchers on November 12, 2018, claims that a new crypto mining malware capable of mining different cryptocurrencies depending on the host’s system is on the loose. Russian Malware Attacks Global Networks Crypto-jacking malware and its attack vectors are becoming more efficient by the day.
2018-11-16 20:00 | |
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Crypto mining has become very common these days for hackers to earn a handsome income while putting a person’s devices at risk. Slowing computers, rising electricity bills, and other issues are caused because a hacker has infiltrated a computer through a malicious link or software.
2018-10-13 16:19 | |
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Cryptocurrency scammers have gotten extra creative and are now hiding mining malware in legitimate updates of Adobe Flash Player. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks discovered a fake Flash updater which has been doing the rounds since early August.
2018-10-12 12:52 | |
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Cybersecurity software company Palo Alto Networks reports that miners looking to use your computer to expand their hashing power are getting sneakier. New fake Adobe updates are circulating that will actually update the plugin on your computer, but also install illicit mining malware.
2018-10-12 07:52 | |
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The spate of crypto-jacking plaguing the internet shows no sign of slowing down. After infesting hundreds of thousands of routers in Brasil with cryptocurrency mining malware, reports indicate hackers have compromized a further 30,000 routers across India.
2018-10-6 19:44 | |
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Latest Malwarebytes Labs’ report revealed that a new malware has been concealed as “cheat tools”, in which Fortnite Gamers are said to be the most impacted. The malware supposedly has the ability to not only steal users’ Bitcoins but also personal data.
2018-10-4 16:04 | |
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Google has announced a number of upcoming changes concerning the development of new extensions for Chrome. Users of the web browser will soon benefit from improved security and better protection against malware including hidden miners and tools used to steal cryptocurrency.
2018-10-3 02:55 | |
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With more than 100 government websites hacked in September alone, security experts in India are in a race against time to identify more websites hosting malware that allows the unauthorized mining of cryptocurrencies, India Today reported on October 1, 2018.
2018-10-2 21:00 | |
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Privacy coin company Monero announced via its blog on Sept. 26th that it will be launching a new website to help combat illicit mining of its cryptocurrency. Introducing the Monero Malware Response Workgroup Website: https://t.
2018-10-2 16:00 | |
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Google is bringing in stricter rules for Chrome extension developers, a move should reduce the risk of crypto hacks and mining malware.
2018-10-2 13:00 | |
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The Monero (XMR) community has launched the Malware Response Workgroup website that aims to inform people about the dangers of cryptocurrency mining malware, as well as, best practices to remove such scripts and avoid the growing scam in the first place.
2018-10-2 23:00 | |
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After the launch of the Monero Malware Response Workgroup, Monero team is introducing a new website to protect users and educate them on cleaning up malware. The post Monero Community Launches New Website to Battle Mining and Ransomware Attacks appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-10-1 12:04 | |
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This past week saw a flurry of reports and analyses released by various agencies and companies, speculating on the roles — past and present — of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.
2018-9-29 20:00 | |
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Monero has officially released its Malware Response Workgroup website yesterday. In an effort to help protect Monero’s community, the website aims to provide resources to educate about the types of malware that may take advantage of users.
2018-9-29 23:18 | |
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The Monero community has decided to publicly denounce individuals behind a gigantic crypto mining malware campaign that was created to steal the computing power of users and illegitimately use them to get XMR tokens.
2018-9-28 21:57 | |
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The Monero community has publicly denounced the individuals behind the massive cryptocurrency mining malware campaign, designed to steal users’ computing power to illegitimately bank on XMR. “The Monero community condemns this malicious, non-consensual use of equipment to mine,” the statement reads.
2018-9-28 16:38 | |
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Sophoslabs has published a report in which the company claims to have identified at least 25 Android apps published on the official Google Play store that contain script facilitating the ‘cryptojacking’ of users’ computing resources.
2018-9-27 02:15 | |
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The past few months have resulted in a notable increase in malicious cryptocurrency mining malware. It appears criminals will continue to target Monero mining in this regard. In a new effort to distribute this malware, Kodi add-ons are being laden with cryptocurrency mining malware.
2018-9-27 23:00 | |
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The crypto community is well aware of cryptojacking – a crypto-malware attack that uses the hosts’ computer power to mine cryptocurrencies without their knowledge. In what comes as unfortunate news for the budding community, the problem is only going to get worse.
2018-9-27 23:00 | |
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Cases of crypto mining malware, software designed to illegally mine cryptocurrency, has nearly doubled in the second quarter, with evidence suggesting that a rising number of criminals could be creating malware specifically for targeting mobile devices.
2018-9-26 16:35 | |
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McAfee Labs Considers Cryptocurrency Malware Increased 86% in Q2 In a press release uploaded on September 25, researchers at McAfee Labs analysed crypto mining malware attacks and other vulnerabilities related to blockchain technology.
2018-9-26 00:45 | |
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Hackers are now using software developed by the US National Security Agency (NSA) to illicitly mine cryptocurrencies. According to a recent report released by the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA), compiled… The post NSA Tools Used to Unleash Crypto Mining Malware by Hackers appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-9-24 21:49 | |
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In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency mining, Bitfury has announced a “suite” of products powered by the company’s new mining chip, a botnet that hunts and destroys XMR mining malware has been discovered by security researchers, and Soluna has announced that it will commence the construction of its Moroccan wind farm in January.
2018-9-21 22:25 | |
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Chinese security researchers from Qihoo 360 Netlab have discovered a savvy botnet that destroys illicit crypto mining malware rather than hacking victims’ PCs for its benefit. The Benevolent ‘Cryptojacker’ The botnet, called Fbot, is based on the Satori Mirai program, which is typically used for DDoS attacks, according to Bleeping Computer, who first reported the news […] The post Research: New Botnet Scanning the Web to Shut Down Illicit Cryptominers appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2018-9-21 22:00 | |
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There are many things going in the world of ransomware and malware. Crypto has continued to be a major target for criminals who operate in this area. There is a new malware called Xbash, which seems to combine all of the worst aspects of existing malware into one. This is a worrisome development, especially if […]
2018-9-20 12:01 | |
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Europol has warned against the rising threats of cryptocurrency hacks and mining malware in a new report.
2018-9-20 19:00 | |
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Researchers found that hundreds of Indian government websites have been infected with cryptocurrency mining malware.
2018-9-19 23:18 | |
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Cryptocurrency botnets are normally the weapons of evil, used to covertly and illicitly steal other people’s computing power to earn coins. But now there’s a new kid on the block, and it seems to be cleaning up online avenues of crypto-malware.
2018-9-18 17:39 | |
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A newly discovered botnet is seeking out and removing crypto-mining malware, but why it has been created is still unknown.
2018-9-19 15:00 | |
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Research has shown that hackers are using Indian government websites to mine cryptocurrencies. Hackers have illegally gained access to government websites in India using cryptocurrency mining malware – cryptojacking, to mine digital currencies.
2018-9-17 16:44 | |
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The crypto-jacking epidemic has spread to India. It has come to light that tons of Indian government sites have been infected with cryptocurrency mining malware, designed to steal visitors’ computing power to earn coins.
2018-9-17 11:53 | |
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Cryptojacking is a very serious threat which cannot be taken lightly. It seems a lot of devices continue to get infected with cryptocurrency mining malware these days. The following tips can help users protect their devices from such attacks and prevent the malware from causing any real damage.
2018-9-13 17:00 | |
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Cybersecurity experts at Fortinet and Kaspersky have discovered new cryptocurrency malware that has been developed using updated versions of known ransomware according to September 5, 2018, reports. Cryptojacking Malware If you have been following blockchain media, you will be aware of the aggressive surge in cryptocurrency mining malware that allows hackers to implement code into a website that mines cryptocurrency...The post %%POSTLINK%% appeared first on %%BLOGLINK%%.
2018-9-10 19:00 | |
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Mozilla Firefox users may see crypto mining malware scripts blocked by default in future releases of the web browser.
2018-9-3 09:00 | |
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Mozilla Firefox intends to add a function to block cryptomining scripts on websites by default in one of its upcoming releases.
2018-9-1 21:00 | |
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Trend Micro found that there were nearly 790,000 instances of cryptomining malware detected in the first half of 2018, according to a new report.
2018-8-30 20:00 | |
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Over the past year, according to new reports, levels of cryptocurrency mining malware are up 956%. Generally in cryptocurrency, the world up followed by 956% is a good thing, however in this instance, as you can see, it’s not great news at all.
2018-8-29 14:00 | |
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A recent survey found 30% of UK businesses were hit by crypto mining malware in a single month. Close to two-thirds of the companies were affected in the past.
2018-8-16 12:08 | |
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Almost a third of U.K. businesses said they had been hit by cryptocurrency mining malware within the previous month, according to new research.
2018-8-15 16:30 | |
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Coinhive was installed on more than 170,000 devices in Brazil last month.
2018-8-10 20:00 | |
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Have you ever thought about mining cryptos while surfing the web without being a victim of some malware, of course? If so, Bitmain has an offer you might be interested in. The Chinese mining giant has just announced it’s offering a couple of Wi-Fi routers capable of minting digital coins while connecting you to the […] The post Bitmain Offers Wi-Fi Routers Mining Cryptocurrencies appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2018-8-9 23:05 | |
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Iran turns to ransomware and cryptocurrency mining malware amid geopolitical tension, with analysts suspecting that the state is backing some groups.
2018-8-8 18:47 | |
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A cryptojacking campaign has affected over 200,000 routers made by Mikrotik, the Latvian networking company. A Months-Old Vulnerability Exploited Security researchers recently mapped a series of cryptomining attacks, which initially attacked a large number of users in Brazil to create a growing mining botnet by infecting compromised devices with malware.
2018-8-7 07:00 | |
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On the 3rd of August, a group of Brazilian systems were infected by a malicious software that targets a specific brand of routers for its activities. This was discovered by, Simon Kenin, a TrustWave researcher who said that the router MicroTik is being targeted and over 200,000 routers were secretly programmed for mining Monero [XMR] […]
2018-8-6 19:50 | |
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Earlier this week, the presence of a new crypto mining malware was discovered named ZombieBoy. This malware started mining initially at $1000 per month. The existence of this threat was revealed by a Private security researcher, James Quinn Tweet by Latest Hacking News: “ZombieBoy: New Crypto-Mining Malware Exploits Multiple CVEs” ZombieBoy was named after its use […]
2018-8-4 20:57 | |
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Valve, the parent company of popular gaming marketplace Steam, redacted a nefarious indie game that allegedly deployed cryptocurrency mining malware on user computers under the guise of an interactive application.
2018-8-2 04:30 | |
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For crypto to achieve mainstream adoption, marketing must not be viewed as a token price booster, it needs to be an integral part of the process.
Sonic Labs announced on Dec. 25 that its official Sonic Gateway can now bridge FTM tokens from Ethereum to S tokens on the Sonic mainnet. The gateway will also allow the transfer of Euro Coin (EURC), USD Coin (USDC), and Wrapped Ethereum (WETH).
Telegram officially became profitable in 2024, generating over $1 billion in revenue for the first time, according to the platform’s founder, Pavel Durov. Durove announced the achievement in a social media post on Dec.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has raised alarms over a potential quantum computing threat to Bitcoin (BTC), describing it in a recent article as “a time bomb waiting to explode.” The article addresses the possibility of advances in quantum computing posing a risk to Bitcoin’s security and potentially becoming a threat to the entire blockchain […] The post WSJ reheats Bitcoin’s quantum hack concerns, researcher calls it a ‘time bomb’ appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Satonomy has launched a beta platform designed to simplify the management of Bitcoin-native assets like UTXOs, Ordinals, Runes, and rare sats to address long-standing barriers to adoption, according to a Dec.
Ethereum’s L2 solutions face significant challenges in delivering the scalability and cost-effectiveness that applications like meme coins demand.
We need to establish the foundations of truth through transparency and rigorous verification to avoid a breakdown of trust within research fields.