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Cryptocurrency Miners

Crypto Mining Malwares – One of the Most Practiced Attacks During 2018

Due to hard detection and easy execution of the attack, 2018 has seen excessive crypto mining malware. Cryptojacking attacks are based on cryptocurrency mining software injection into thousands of devices, leveraging its processing capabilities to extract the digital assests without the user’s consent. As a result, the victims’ computer equipment slows down, as well as […]

Pop-up Ads & Hundreds of Websites Helping to Distribute Botnets, Cryptocurrency Miners and Ransomware

A Malicious Software Downloader called ICLoader through Popup Ads and over hundreds of websites are pushing various PUA such as Botnets, cryptocurrency Miners and also a emerging GandCrab ransomware. Malware Files are sharing via Popup Ads and distributing over Hundreds file sharing websites and fake software sharing sites which all are still alive. Malicious ICLoader Targeting a […]

Google is thinking about adding support to stop cryptocurrency miners on websites

Studies on the topic of in-browser miners have been going on the Chromium project’s bug tracker since mid-September when Coinhive, the first launched. To experience, there have been at least two issues from concerned Chrome users that did not like holding their resources hijacked by in-browser miners. “Here’s my current view,” Ojan Vafai, a Chrome […]

Websites using Cryptocurrency Miners will be banned by CloudFlare

Pirate Bay got this the hard way when users on Reddit lately complained regarding the site’s use of such miners. The website eventually backed away from the practice, but not after giving a fair deal. “As you may have seen we are testing a Monero javascript miner,” said the site’s administrators. “This is simply a […]