The Cyber Police of Ukraine have arrested a man who placed crypto mining malware on his own websites with 1.5 million monthly visitors. Ukraine’s Cyber Police have arrested a man who allegedly placed crypto mining malware scripts on his own websites, local law enforcement reported on March 26. The cyber crime unit of the national […]
Continue ReadingA new cryptojacking malware reportedly has the ability to disable cloud-based security measures to avoid detection on Linux-based servers. A new cryptojacking malware has the ability to disable cloud-based security measures to avoid detection on Linux servers, research by information security company Palo Alto Networks Jan. 17 reveals. The malware in question mines Monero (XMR) […]
Continue ReadingResearchers argue that the ransomware attacks thought to have earned hackers $3.7 million in BTC likely came from Russian cybercriminals. A recent spate of ransomware attacks estimated to have earned hackers 705.08 Bitcoin (BTC) ($2.5 million) likely came from Russian cybercriminals, not North Korean state-sponsored actors as initially thought. The development was reported on The […]
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McAfee Labs: Cryptojacking rose by over 4000 percent in 2018, and threat actors are now targeting IoT devices. Cryptojacking malware activity rose by over 4000 percent in 2018, according to a new quarterly report published by cyber security firm McAfee Labs, Dec. 18. Cryptojacking is the practice of using a computer’s processing power to mine […]
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A cybersecurity report from Kaspersky Labs states that crypto mining malware became increasingly popular among botnets in 2018, as compared with other attack vectors. A new bulletin from Russian internet security company Kaspersky Labs published Nov. 28 states that crypto mining malware became increasingly popular among botnets in 2018. Stealth crypto mining attacks – also […]
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Cybersecurity firm Trustwave has reported a case of cryptojacking malware stealing the computing power of visitors to the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s website. Hackers have infected the website of global non-profit organization the Make-A-Wish Foundation with cryptojacking malware, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Trustwave posted Nov. 19. According to Trustwave researchers, crypto jackers managed to […]
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A further player has entered the crypto malware arena in the form of Monero miner WebCobra, a McAfee Labs analysis shows. Internet security provider and research lab McAfee Labs has uncovered new malware which secretly uses consumer devices to mine Monero (XMR), a blog post confirmed Nov. 12. Dubbed “WebCobra” and originating from Russia, the […]
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Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes has found malware that targets the Bitcoin wallet addresses of players of the highly popular Fortnite video game. Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes has found that scammers are using malware that targets the Bitcoin (BTC) wallet addresses of Fortnite gamers, according to a post published October 2. Fortnite is currently one of the most […]
Continue ReadingScrabble has added the word ‘bitcoin’ to the list of words that players can officially use in its popular board game, CNBC reported. That is, Merriam-Webster included the cryptocurrency in its newest official dictionary for Scrabble. According to its dictionary, bitcoin is defined as “a digital currency.” How many points can a player score by […]
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Crypto mining malware has risen by 86% in Q2, with 2.5 million new malware coin miner samples, according to a McAfee Labs report. The number of crypto mining malware attacks used by hackers has continued rising, with total samples growing by 86% in the second quarter of 2018, according to the latest threat report by […]
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