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What is Cryptojacking? It is an attack in which hackers secretly utilize the computing power of your device to mine cryptocurrency – The cybercrime climate is flexible enough to quickly adapt to new circumstances and trends. The fact that cryptocurrency markets skyrocketed in the past several years has encouraged malicious actors to find ways of getting on […]
The age of ransomware is slowly ending, not because it is losing steam, its authors continue to earn profit from poor victims that do not have an effective backup system to restore their locked files. Ransomware era is ending, because virus authors want to switch to a better technique in earning money through the use […]
The Pirate Bay was caught twice secretly mining Monero cryptocurrency using Javascript powered by Coinhive. Popular in-browser crypto-mining service will be shutting down from March 9th, 2019 much to the dismay of hackers who loved it quite ardently. The reason behind this decision, according to Coinhive, is the declining value of Monero cryptocurrency due to the […]
The cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive, which is popular among hackers, is all set to shut down. Coinhive will discontinue service on March 8, 2019 reportedly owing to a crash of the cryptocurrency market and also because the cryptocurrency Monero has reportedly become unviable. In a blog post dated February 26, 2019, Coinhive says, “Some of […]
According to a new report, around 415,000 routers throughout the world are infected with malware having the potential to steal computer resources and discreetly mine for the cryptocurrency. The campaign is an active one and it primarily targets MikroTik routers. Researchers claim that the cryptojacking attacks started in August and in the first string of […]
It wouldn’t be wrong to state that Apple has become the apple of the eyes of cryptomining enthusiasts and cybercriminals. According to Check Point’s latest Global Threat Index, the company is being targeted more frequently in cryptomining malware attacks. The report discloses some startling new facts about the sudden rise in cryptomining malware attacks against […]
The investigators believe that the case involving crypto mining is a violation of the law banning the use of computer viruses. In a joint investigation, Police departments in Japanese cities of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Tochigi are probing a cryptocurrency mining scam involving three individuals including a web designer who used personal computer devices of unsuspecting users […]
Initially, the cryptomining malware aimed at generating cryptocurrency using open browser session but that has now changed. Cryptomining has become the latest fad among malware developers probably because it ensures quick money without much ado. That’s because cryptominer infects a computer and uses its resources to mine for the desired cryptocurrency. So, what happens is that at someone […]
The IT security researchers at Trend Mirco have discovered that on March 25th, 2018, malicious hackers compromised AOL’s advertising platform and modified its script to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The researchers also found MSN’s web portal’s Japanese domain was also infected by a similar script to mine Monero coins from the computing power of site’s visitors. More: Hackers Hide Monero Cryptominer […]
rTorrent Client Exploited to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency Thanks to XML-RPC Misconfiguration Vulnerability. According to the findings of F5 Networks Inc.’s threat researchers, cybercriminals have managed to make $3,900 in a new malicious cryptomining campaign. The new scheme involves installation of currency-mining software on computers that run on Unix-like OS through exploiting the famous BitTorrent client […]
Cryptojacking JavaScript can be launched in Word documents – New Word features that appeared in its latest version made it possible – MS Word now allows adding video into the document by inserting an iFrame code. The file size does not increase as the video is played through a headless web browser opened in a popup window. […]
Another day, another Monero cryptocurrency miner – This time, the target was LA times’ The Homicide Report website. Troy Mursch, a Las Vegas-based security researcher (“Bad Packets” on Twitter) identified that hackers compromised LA Times website to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The incident took place on February 21st on The Homicide Report, a website run by the LA Times […]
The sudden surge in the price of Bitcoin encouraged the world to mine more cryptocurrencies but some do it the right way while the cybercriminals do it the wrong way and unsuspecting users have to pay the price. This is exactly what happened in London where hackers took over computer systems and began to mine […]
Where on earth you won’t expect cryptojacking scripts exploiting people’s machine for cryptocurrencies? Probably, the websites owned by feds. But it turns out, it isn’t entirely true. Now, before one starts to think that the governments had a change of heart and began to harvest crypto coins, the story involves malicious actors, because, of course. Scott […]
Did you visit YouTube from January 18th to January 26th? There is a chance your browser was used by hackers to generate Monero cryptocurrency. Since the value of Bitcoin has increased hackers and cybercriminals are taking advantage of every situation they can use to make easy money. This time, however, in a shocking event it has been identified […]
Last month Opera introduced its browser’s 50 beta version with built-in cryptocurrency mining blocker for desktops. Now, the company has launched anti-cryptocurrency mining feature for mobile browsers on Android and iOS devices meaning that if a user is browsing on Opera, hacker, and cybercriminals will be automatically blocked from using their device’s computing power to […]
In October last year, three Android apps on Play Store were found infected with Coinhive cryptocurrency miner to generate Monero digital coins. Now, an IT security researcher Elliot Alderson found fake Android apps that are infected with Coinhive cryptocurrency miner specially developed to use the CPU power of a targeted device. Fake app real miner According to Elliot, […]
A Coinhive user hacked BlackBerry Mobile website to mine Monero coins before the scam was identified and details of which were published on Reddit. The sudden surge in Bitcoin’s price has motivated people to mine cryptocurrencies and hope to become a millionaire within no time. It is true that there are legal ways of mining cryptocurrencies, but some would […]
As the values of the largest cryptocurrencies have multiplied, so too have reports of digital-currency miners stealing resources to increase the profitability of their operations. Few weeks back, we reported that the world’s largest oil-pipeline company discovered unauthorized digital-currency mining happening on the company’s hardware. Also, Cryptocoinsnews pointed out that a Starbucks in Buenos Aires […]
“Archive Poster” extension for Chrome browser is being currently used by 105,000 users. The primary function of this extension is to allow users to “quickly reblog, queue, draft, and like posts right from another blog’s archive” but now, a Las Vegas-based security researcher Troy Mursch (“Bad Packets” on Twitter) has identified that Archive Poster is infecting user browser with a […]
The current price of 1 Bitcoin is almost USD 20,000 and those who cannot invest in cryptocurrencies find other ways get some. On Friday 15th December, Russian authorities said that Transneft, a state-owned largest oil pipeline company in the world suffered a cyber attack in which its computers were hacked to generate Monero digital currency. According to Reuters, […]