cryptojacking Archive
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Cybersecurity firm ESET has detected what it describes as an unusual and persistent cryocurrency miner distributed for macOS and Windows since August 2018
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In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, Binance and Bittrex will soon block U.S. residents from their platforms, while Facebook’s crypto plans look ready to be revealed next …
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A web address spreading a botnet featuring a monero mining component alongside a backdoor has been detected by cybersecurity company Trend Micro
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Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has confirmed that attackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic server to install XMR mining malware
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Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has detected a major uptick in monero cryptojacking malware targeting China-based systems this spring
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Eight different security exploits are employed by a malware dubbed BlackSquid to infect web servers and install mining software
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Firefox Quantum has an opt-in cryptojacking protection feature
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A global threat report has concluded that the three most common malware variants detected in April were crypto miners
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Cryptojacking malware Shellbot can now shut down other mining on infected servers
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After in-browser mining service Coinhive was shut down in early March, cryptojacking against consumers has sharply decreased, according to a new report
By satoshi
April 27, 2019
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New enterprise-targeting crypto mining malware Beapy surged to over 12,000 unique infection across 732 organizations since March, according Symantec researchers
By satoshi
April 25, 2019
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Two alleged Romanian hackers have been convicted by a U.S. federal jury of spreading malware to illicitly mine cryptocurrency
By satoshi
April 13, 2019
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Mozilla Firefox has launched anti-crypto mining protection option in its latest Nightly 68 and Beta 67 browser versions
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A Japanese court has ruled to acquit a man who was illicitly mining crypto after embedding Coinhive on his website
By satoshi
March 27, 2019
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Ukraine’s Cyber Police arrested a 32-year-old man who was running crypto mining malware on his websites with 1.5 million monthly visitors
By satoshi
March 27, 2019
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Cybercriminals are reportedly favoring “low and slow” approaches in attacks made for financial gains, and cryptojacking is a prime example of this shift, the report notes
By satoshi
March 14, 2019
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Monero mining software is seemingly running on hundreds of vulnerable servers, according to a new report
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United States-based tech giant Microsoft has removed eight Windows 10 applications from its official app store after the detection of cryptojacking code
By satoshi
February 15, 2019
