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Despite Negative Mining Malware Press, Privacy-Focused Crypto Monero Jumps 36% in 2 Weeks
1.1.2022
The privacy-centric crypto asset monero has seen significant gains during the last two weeks, jumping 36% in value against the U.S. dollar. Despite the negative press from the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” torrents with monero mining malware, seven-day statistics indicate the crypto asset...
Expert warns Hackers are Targeting Russian Government’s IT Infrastructure to Mine Cryptocurrencies
9.2.2021
A state-affiliate cybersecurity expert warned about hackers exploiting the Russian government’s IT facilities to mine cryptocurrencies. The deputy director of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents believes such threat actors have been very active in recent times. Global...
Browser-based cryptojacking is back as attacks spike 163%
26.8.2020
Who said browser-based cryptojacking was dead?
Los Alamos Scientists Develop AI to Fight Cryptojacking
21.8.2020
Their neural network works faster and more reliably than non-AI systems, researchers said
An AWS Virtual Machine Is Infected With Mining Malware. There Could Be Others
21.8.2020
A monero mining script has been embedded in a public instance of an AWS virtual machine. How many others are similarly infected?
Indian Users Almost 5 Times More Likely to Encounter Crypto Hacking: Microsoft Report
29.7.2020
According to a cybersecurity report by Microsoft, among countries in Asia-Pacific, Sri Lanka faces the highest rate of encounter with such attacks with neighboring India in second place
BlackBerry and Intel Tackle Cryptojacking Malware With New Detection Tool
22.6.2020
BlackBerry and Intel are hoping to halt cryptojacking attempts on Intel's commercial PCs with a new mining malware detection tool
Hackers Plant Crypto Miners By Exploiting Flaw in Popular Server Framework Salt
4.5.2020
Hackers have exploited a critical flaw in infrastructure management tool Salt and, in one case planted crypto mining software
Devs at Blogging Platform Ghost Take Down Crypto-Mining Malware Attack
4.5.2020
Developers at blogging platform Ghost have spent the past 24 hours fighting a crypto mining malware attack
Researchers Detect Ambitious Bitcoin Mining Malware Campaign Targeting 1,000s Daily
6.4.2020
A major malware campaign is targeting misconfigured Docker servers with an illicit Bitcoin miner, cybersecurity researchers say
Interpol Leads Operation to Tackle Cryptojacker Infecting Over 20,000 Routers
9.1.2020
The international crime fighting agency led an operation to stem a plague of cryptocurrency mining malware afflicting computer routers across Asia
Hackers Mass-Scanning Web for Docker Platforms to Mine Cryptocurrencies
27.11.2019
A new hacking campaign is targeting Docker platforms that have API endpoints exposed online to mine Monero
Cryptojacking Code Found in Eleven Open Libraries, Thousands Infected
22.8.2019
11 open-source Ruby code libraries contained cryptojacking code and were downloaded thousands of times
Hackers Infect 50,000 Servers With Sophisticated Crypto Mining Malware
3.6.2019
Hackers have breached over 50,000 servers across the world to mine cryptocurrency using unusually sophisticated tools, according to a new report
Crypto Miners Dominate Top 10 List of Most Prolific Malware Threats
16.5.2019
A global threat report has concluded that the three most common malware variants detected in April were crypto miners
Cybercriminals Sneak in Crypto Mining Malware via Confluence Software Exploit
7.5.2019
Cybercriminals are exploiting a known vulnerability in the software Confluence to mine XMR