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As many as 50,000 servers worldwide have allegedly been infected with an advanced cryptojacking malware that mines privacy-focused cryptocurrency turtlecoin
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Cryptojacking malware Shellbot can now shut down other mining on infected servers
2019-5-2 02:57 | |
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Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.
2019-4-27 22:07 | |
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Security researcher VriesHD claims that there are over 400,000 targeted devices worldwide since the beginning of December.
2018-12-6 22:21 | |
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While the price of bitcoin has nearly hit rock bottom from its $20,000 all-time-high of 2017, the bloodbath has not deterred bad actors from carrying out cryptojacking attacks. According to a Digital Trends report on December 4, 2018, rogue actors have installed crypto mining malware on 415,000 MikroTik routers globally.
2018-12-7 22:00 | |
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Earlier this year, Forbes reported that crypto jacking is now the world’s most popular cyberthreat after displacing ransomware from the top spot. Apparently, the threat is now so prevalent that hackers are indiscriminate when it comes to their target.
2018-11-21 14:29 | |
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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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Leaked National Security Agency Exploits & Cryptojacking Attacks Although crypto prices across the board have seen sharp declines since the commencement of 2018, cryptojacking, or the act of illegally siphoning computational power to mine cryptocurrencies, is still a rampant threat, well that’s what a recent report from TechCrunch alluded to.
2018-9-17 03:35 | |
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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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The blockchain space has been under siege by a massive crypto-jacking campaign. It’s designed to surreptitiously steal your computer power to mine cryptocurrency – and it appears the attackers are showing no signs of slowing down.
2018-9-11 19:12 | |
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Reports of new cryptojacking schemes continue to plague the cryptocurrency market. Most recently, 200,000 MikroTik routers were discovered by Trustwave on July 31st to be secretly running a Monero (XMR) mining script.
2018-8-4 09:45 | |
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Reports of new cryptojacking schemes continue to plague the cryptocurrency market. Most recently, 200,000 MikroTik routers were discovered by Trustwave on July 31st to be secretly running a Monero (XMR) mining script.
2018-8-4 23:43 | |
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Popular online games have always been a prone target for criminals and hackers. Although these incidents are usually aimed at collecting users’ in-game items or payment information, a new trend has begun to emerge.
2018-7-16 20:00 | |
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Police in China have arrested 20 individuals involved in a cryptojacking scheme that infected more than a million systems and earned them about $2 million.
2018-7-9 16:55 | |
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A recent report published by internet security company, Kaspersky Labs, reveals that cases of computers becoming infected with ransomware are rapidly vanishing, and that malicious cryptocurrency mining, also known as ‘cryptojacking’, is beginning to take its place.
2018-6-30 15:33 | |
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"Once you get hacked in most of the cases you're done," CEO Dadosh said. "And this is what we're trying to prevent."
PolySwarm (NCT) has registered an over 90% price increase in the past 24 hours, as major crypto assets experience minor dips across the board. PolySwarn is a blockchain project focused on strengthening cybersecurity in the Web3 space. The current PolySwarm(NCT)…
Cybersecurity professional Christian Seifert gave an example on how Discord’s measures against malicious links can be abused by scammers.
The world’s leading crypto exchange by trading volume has reportedly applied to register in Taiwan under the new AML compliance.
Twitter users have been sharing security incidents surrounding the crypto exchange, including claims that scammers are using Coinbase’s domain name for attacks.
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