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A Hero Rises: A Mysterious Botnet is On a Mission to Destroy Cryptojacking Malware

A mysterious new cryptocurrency botnet has been detected on the web which appears to be combating the rampant cryptocurrency malware epidemic plaguing the Internet. As previously reported by Unhashed, instances of illicit ‘cryptojacking’ malware capable of using victims’ CPU power to mine cryptocurrency have been detected in tens of millions of personal devices in recent… The post A Hero Rises: A Mysterious Botnet is On a Mission to Destroy Cryptojacking Malware appeared first on UNHASHED. дальше »

2018-9-19 22:46


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New Mining Manufacturer Linzhi Announces Ethereum ASIC Miner

Chen Min, the former chief chip maker at Bitcoin mining chip developer Canaan Creative, is turning her attention to Ethereum. Announcing her venture at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Chen’s new company, Linzhi, will focus on building cryptocurrency mining devices, and its first official products are a series of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners designed specifically for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic. дальше »

2018-9-15 01:22


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A South African Township Is Becoming the New Gold Mine for Bitcoin

In several African nations, sending money to friends and family is difficult. Using bank accounts could be easy, but it takes days, sometimes even weeks, for transactions to clear. A new CNBC documentary is exploring the nuances of this emerging market and how exactly it is used to make the underbanked communities of the continent […] A South African Township Is Becoming the New Gold Mine for Bitcoin was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-8-28 21:28


Steam removes controversial game accused of mining cryptocurrency

Steam has removed “trivial platformer” game Abstractism from its store following accusations that the game is surreptitiously stealing users’ computing power to mine cryptocurrency. “We have removed Abstractism and banned its developer from Steam for shipping unauthorized code, trolling with content, and scamming customers with deceptive in-game items,” Doug Lombardi, VP of Marketing at Steam, told Hard Fork in an email. дальше »

2018-7-31 12:50


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Miniw for 500k Bitcoins using Qiwi’s employee employee company equipment

Qiwi CEO Sergey Solonin claimed that an ex-employee of the company used the hardware of Qiwi to mine bitcoins. While speaking at the Moscow Advanced Communications School, Sergey Solonin, the CEO of Russian payment services provider Qiwi, has stated that an ex-employee of the company used its payment terminals to mine bitcoins in 2011. He managed to дальше »

2018-7-26 15:55


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Using Qiwi’s employee employee company, $ 500k became Bitcoins

Qiwi CEO Sergey Solonin claimed that an ex-employee of the company used the hardware of Qiwi to mine bitcoins. While speaking at the Moscow Advanced Communications School, Sergey Solonin, the CEO of Russian payment services provider Qiwi, has stated that an ex-employee of the company used its payment terminals to mine bitcoins in 2011. He managed to дальше »

2018-7-26 14:12


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Op Ed: Addressing the Threat of Cryptomining Malware

One major class of attacks to hit the hacking landscape recently is cryptomining. While cryptomining on its own supports a good cause when being done consciously, it also allows nefarious actors to make a lot of money fast, and, with the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, it is becoming a popular choice for attackers. дальше »

2018-7-18 23:18


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Zcash Mining 400% More Profitable Than Bitcoin

Zcash (ZEC) is the most profitable cryptocurrency to mine, with expected returns far higher than other PoW coins like Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC). Data collected from cryptocurrency tools provider Anything Crypto suggests that at current difficulty levels, ZEC miners using the Antminer Z9 mini could expect an $8,000 return on their investment over a […] The post Zcash Mining 400% More Profitable Than Bitcoin appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2018-7-13 18:28


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Japanese Man Free Company Electricity $ 500 Mutual Inc Mining

Daily SPA, a Japanese media outlet, has reported on a Japanese man using his company dormitory’s free electricity to mine cryptocurrencies without asking permission. Also read: Japan Gives Jail Sentence to Crypto Miner in a Remote Mining Case An Extraordinary Income “Virtual currencies are processed cryptographically,” Sora-san, a Japanese man working in a major Japanese manufacturing дальше »

2018-7-6 11:38


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Cryptojacking Up 629% in Q1 2018, Says McAfee Report ‘Infect and Collect’

Cryptojacking malware activity rose a staggering 629 percent in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new report published by cyber security firm McAfee Labs June 27. Cryptojacking is the practice of using a computer’s processing power to mine for cryptocurrencies without the owner’s consent or knowledge. The McAfee Labs Threats Report for June дальше »

2018-6-29 16:27


Energi Mine and Electra Commercial Vehicles Partnership Set to Bring Zero-Emission Heavy Goods Vehicles to Urban Areas

Energi Mine, the blockchain platform that financially rewards energy-saving behavior using EnergiTokens (ETK), has announced a partnership with Electra Commercial Vehicles, the UK company that aims to provide commercial vehicle operators with clean, zero-emission solutions for heavy goods trucks. дальше »

2018-6-20 02:00


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16 arrested in Monero Japan on the Crytojacking case

Japanese prosecutors from 10 prefectures have arrested 16 individuals suspected of involvement in an ongoing criminal case of cryptojacking, local news outlet The Asahi Shimbun reports June 15. Cryptojacking is the practice of using unsuspecting users’ processing power in order to mine cryptocurrency for the attacker. According to the report by Asahi Shimbun, the arrested дальше »

2018-6-17 03:07


Monero mining software coinhive investigate by Japanese Police in Cryptojacking case

Japanese police are investigating three suspects linked to Monero-mining software Coinhive in a cryptojacking case as reported by a trusted source. Coinhive, which was founded in 2017, has turned out to be one of the most extensive online tools to mine Monero on websites using visitors’ CPU power and electricity and has been used to […] дальше »

2018-6-14 19:09


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