All posts tagged "Cryptocurrency mining"
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4.5KMalwareWatch Out! Cryptocurrency Miners Targeting Dockers, AWS and Alibaba Cloud
LemonDuck, a cross-platform cryptocurrency mining botnet, is targeting Docker to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems as part of an active malware campaign....
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293HackedThis New Linux Malware Mines Crypto By Creating Malign Linux Modules
Cybersecurity research firm TrendMicro has come across a new Linux malware. The malware — Skidmap — is capable of illicit cryptocurrency mining...
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286Data BreachCapital One Hacker Also Accused of Hacking 30 More Companies and CryptoJacking
Former Amazon employee Paige Thompson, who was arrested last month in relation to the Capital One data breach, has been accused of...
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213HackedThis Woman Hacked Capital One Servers To Mine Cryptocurrency
A couple of months back, ex-Amazon employee Paige Thompson was accused of gaining unauthorized access to the cloud servers of the US-based...
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235HackedAvast And French Cops Save 850,000 PCs From Retadup Crypto Malware
Avast has managed to take down the Retadup crypto-mining worm disinfecting more than 850,000 computers, with the help of French National Gendarmerie,...
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132NewsUkranian Employees Connect Nuclear Plant To Internet To Mine Cryptocurrency
It is a well-known fact that mining cryptocurrency requires heavy computing power and there is no better place than a nuclear power...
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204CryptocurrencyWhat Is Cryptocurrency Mining?
Cryptocurrency mining is a process in which transactions between users are checked and added to the open book of the blockchain. The...
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2.8KCryptocurrencyCompromised Docker Hosts Use Shodan for Cryptocurrency Mining
Researchers have detected a campaign in which compromised docker hosts use Shodan for carrying out cryptocurrency mining. Hackers scan for Docker hosts...
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112MalwareMiner Malware Uses Multiple Propagation Methods to Infect Windows Machines and to Drop Monero Miner
A miner malware that uses a number of techniques that includes EternalBlue, Powershell abuse, pass-the-hash technique, Windows admin tools, and brute force...
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103NewsChina Could Soon Ban Cryptocurrency Mining Citing Wastage of Resources
The Chinese government is soon expected to ban all cryptocurrency mining activities in the country. It is suggested that the National Development...
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97NewsEthereum Planning To Cut Its Energy Consumption by 99%
Ethereum is the second biggest cryptocurrency with a massive $10 billion market capitalization. It also means that Ethereum mining and transactions gobble up...
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115Data SecurityThese are worst cyberthreats of 2018
Cybersecurity specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security already predicted that this would be a difficult year for users and organizations,...
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128Data SecurityCryptocurrency mining, a well-known practice at The Pirate Bay
More than a security breach, the Pirate Bay has made the virtual currency mining a source for advertising. The Pirate Bay has...
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91HackedRakhni Trojan Becomes Smart: Now Infecting With Either Ransomware Or Cryptomining
Rakhni Trojan which was first discovered in 2013 has evolved over the course of five years. As an addition to its already...
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137MalwareCryptocurrency-Mining Botnet Attack SSH Service Running IoT Devices
Newly discovered cryptocurrency mining bot targeting the Internet of Things (IoT) devices which contain SSH service and IoT-related ports, including 22, 2222,...
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200How To7 Easy Ways To Block Cryptocurrency Mining In Your Web Browser
Cryptocurrencies are digital or virtual currencies that make use of encryption for security. As they are anonymous and decentralized in nature, one...
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76MalwareHospital Hit with Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Decatur County General Hospital in Parsons, Tennessee, is notifying more than 20,000 individuals that their health information was potentially compromised by an...
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107HackedGovernment Sites Caught Cryptojacking Off People’s Computers, Crypto Malware Infects 4200 Sites
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,...
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92IncidentsCryptocurrency mining, will be more challenging with new Google Chrome
According to the information security companies, hidden cryptocurrency mining is very common lately. The boom of recent months in terms of the price of...
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155CryptocurrencyMore than 30 million people have been Affected with Biggest Cryptocurrency Mining Attack
Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks detected a large-scale cryptocurrency mining operation than last for more than 4 months. Researchers believe it...
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140HackedCryptojacking Bot “Digimine” Spreading Via FB Messenger in Google Chrome Desktop
Cryptocurrency mining is on the rise and so does the number of instances where wrong ways are used to harvest the digital...
